The Lunch Date By Paul Reps

Think for Yourself To close one’s mind off from critically thinking, is to close one’s ability to enjoy the situation around them. The idea of “closed mind ruin good times” can come to the terms that if people are not open into acceptance of a majority of things, the events that transpire will not be great. This idea of not sharing an open mindset is evident in the parable “A Cup of Tea” edited by Paul Reps, the speech “The Danger of a Single Story” written by Chimamanda Adichie, and finally it is evident in the short film “The Lunch Date” written by Adam Davidson.
Having a closed mind, usually means someone is prejudging others or a situation. In “A Cup of Tea” The professor had come to visit Zen. Before he talked with Zen, he had a word with Nan-in. During his chat, the professor
Nan-in poured the tea and said, "Like this cup," Nan-in said, "you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your up?” In order to understand a person's’ side of their story/point of view, one must open their mind and not be so quick to speculate on prejudgments. When one does this, it makes the situation unpleasant. In “The Danger of a Single Story”, Adichie explains that she had went to visit the village of her houseboy. She went on to say, “Then one Saturday we went to his village to visit. And his mother showed us a beautifully patterned basket, made of dyed raffia, that his brother had made. I was startle. It had not occurred to me that anybody in his family could actually make something” (2). Adichie as well as many others had gotten the idea in their head that people who don’t have a lot of monetary wealth, could not be as intelligent as them. Adichie was not critically thinking, instead she was doing. This caused