Craig Kielburger Reflects on Working Toward Peace” Response Questions: 11. What do you think Kielburger’s purpose in describing the particular children he has met was?
12. Personal essays often include the following elements:
• Descriptions of personal experiences in which the author gained significant insight or learned a lesson.
• First person point of view using the pronouns I and we.
• A mixture of storytelling personality facts in wisdom.
• Casual language that seems like conversation with the reader. Review Kielburger’s personal essay and find an example of each of the above elements.
13. Reread lines 20-41, What does the last sentence of each paragraph reveal about Kielburger’s perspective?
14. The author’s perspective has a blend of his ideas, values, feelings and beliefs. Explain what the text reveals about him.