<p>I'm trying to get writing my Emerson Honors College Essay, but I'm finding myself at a roadblock. I'm usually very quick to get the plan for what I will write and write the essay in a matter of hours. However, this time I read the topic and nothing comes immediately to mind. Maybe I just don't connect to the topic, or maybe I don't completely understand it. Anyone who can offer any help or who has written this essay??? Here's the topic for those who don't know-</p>
<p>Wallace Bacon, a recipient of an honorary doctorate from Emerson College in 1975, wrote that the liberal arts, or humanities, are concerned with the question of what makes life worth living. And that question concerns not simply oneself but others. The humanities must help us learn who we are; they must help us learn the otherness of others.<br>
In this light, describe an encounter with someone or something differentan other which revealed to you your sense of self and your relation to humanity. This encounter may involve a person, place, culture, or text (book, speech, film, play, etc.).</p>