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Don Miguel RuizThe Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Essay Topics
Who were the Toltec people? Why does Ruiz consider them a society instead of a race or religion?
What is the dream of the planet? How does it impact individuals? Do you think it’s possible to change this dream by changing enough individual dreams?
What is human domestication? How do adults domesticate children like animals? Is the process of domestication beneficial or detrimental to children?
What does it mean to be impeccable, and—according to Ruiz—how does being impeccable with your word allow you to transcend the dream of hell into heaven?
Why does Ruiz consider gossip the worst form of black magic? Reference the text in your answer.
What is personal importance, and how does it hurt people? How does Ruiz recommend that one stop taking things personally?
What is mitote, and how do the four agreements clear mitote from people’s minds?
Consider the third agreement, and explain how assumptions operate in relationships and within individuals. What instructions does Ruiz provide to help people stop making assumptions?
Explain how doing your best frees you from the Book of Law, the Judge, and the Victim, citing passages from the text.
Compare and contrast the three Toltec approaches to fighting the parasite, and write about which approach seems the most effective to you and why.
