"Mr. Know All"

Reflection 
1. Did you enjoy reading this story? Why or why not? 
I enjoyed reading the story "Mr. Know All" because I think its massage, that prejudging people might lead you to wrong conclusions, is still true nowadays. In my point of view, there are a lot of people who miss judge other people according to their origin, their appearance or their name. This kind of action is wrong and might even hurt people's feelings. So, I think everyone should read this story and understand its massage.

2. What did you find surprising, moving, upsetting or amusing about it? 
I found the ending of the story amusing because the narrator, which was considered as a conservative and not open minded person, had decided not to entirely dislike Mr. Kelada.    This was a surprising change in the narrator's opinion, that seems quite set on hating Mr. Kelada. Therefore, I found the end of the story amusing considering the lesson the narrator has learned.

3. How did learning about the thinking skills of Explaining Patterns and Uncovering Motives influence your understanding of the story? Give examples.
Learning about the thinking skill of Explaining Patterns helped me understand the story "Mr. Know All" better, because it is a useful skill for understanding people's behavior in literature, as well as in real life. In the story, the character of Max Kelada is described as a  dogmatic person who thinks he knows everything and always right. In addition, Mr. Kelada is suppoused to be too much friendly and familiar, knows every single person on board in three days and involved in every event that occurs on the ship.  Therefore, the skill of Explainig Patterns helped me understand that Mr. Kelada is probably a kind of person which is important to him to be loved and suroundded by friends, maybe due to his origin.