His reflection speaks to him and launches into a string of racial epithets, very close to the famous montage in "Do the Right Thing" when various ethnic New Yorkers stand before the lens spewing obscenities about one another.
We need to engage in some critical self-reflection to what made him possible, to think back harder and see ourselves in a different way.
And everyone was a reflection of God to him, said his daughter, Adeena Homampour, a speech therapist.
He said that upon reflection it was clear to him that the laws involved were civil and not criminal, and so were not likely to lead to Rikers Island.
A moment's reflection would have suggested to him that this was unlikely, but he's the sort of kid who has every kind of sense except common sense, and, anyway, he needs a heroic quest to keep himself from falling apart.
Taking a specific event as each essay's starting-point, he interweaves observation, autobiography and intensely personal reflections on what birds mean to him.
These kinds of reflections led him to the relative and obscure idea of substance in general.
These reflections led him to move in with his ageing neighbour who had been deserted by his family: "I went and lived with him, helping him out, cooked for him, fetched water, took care of the poultry and ensured he was clean".
Mr. Davis's absence elicited moments of painful reflection, according to those close to him, including Kay McGlashan, the administrative director of Stop the Violence.
Beyond Mr. Chang's reflections on the country as described to him by his grandfather, the movie refuses to editorialize.
