I was just a small town boy who loved being a kid and spending time with family. I grew up in a small town in southern Alabama wasn’t well known to anyone who didn’t live there. I lived on a little farm with my mama‚ papa and my two younger brothers. My youngest brother John was 6 years younger than me‚ and the middle brother Jim was about 2 years younger than me. A year and a half after my youngest brother was born‚ my papa and I were out working in the fields and we were picking some corn to go
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Narrative Essay First Grade I didn’t realize my specialness at the time‚ even though I didn’t know much English the first day of school there. All the kids and teachers were nice to me and well-mannered with good intentions‚ but they could clearly see how I was an outsider‚ and how I was different from them. I remember that I went to the pool every weekend with my grandpa‚ and my parent’s started making me take piano lessons. Second Grade I was thrown into a completely new environment with
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Narrative essay Main character: genie Setting: swamp Plot: treasure is found There are four genies‚ which is Jinny‚ Winny‚ Tinny and Ninny‚ they are very good friend and they have living in a forest called The Peaceful Forest. They live in there almost 100 years‚ unfortunately they only can live 200 years‚ but they never feel sad about that and they live happily. One day‚ a devil has come to their place and tells them that there is a treasure inside the swamp which is behind the forest. He asks
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Narrative Essay One of my most frightening experiences happened when I was about thirteen years old. This happened while I was visiting with my grandma on the north side. The area where the incident happened was commonly known as the “Hood” where bad things happened to good people and worse things happen to bad people. My uncles and cousins were outside playing around and just having fun. Out of nowhere there was a continuous barrage of gun fire that seemed as if it wouldn’t stop. The target of
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As the first rays of sunlight streamed through my bedroom window onto my bed‚ I groaned and turned over to look at the clock. After a while of squinting towards the clock‚ I bolted out of bed towards the bathroom. 6:30‚ the numbers rang loud and clear in my head. I had to get to my soccer game in fifteen minutes! As I started to tie my shoelaces‚ still in my bedroom‚ it hit me that this was my last game along with my team. I probably was taking to long‚ because my mother yelled at me to hurry up
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Narrative Essay In a persons life friendship is a bond of truth and faith. Friendship is a feeling of love and affection of one person for another. Friends are very important part of life. They are there to comfort‚ to laugh and to make memories with. My friend is very dear to me. We used to see each other early morning before our class starts. The rest of the day passed awesome after meeting her. After three years when my family and I came back to New York‚ I saw my friend one day on Main street
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Our fourth leg runner crossed the finish line with a record setting 9:47.9 and Lampeter-Strasburg’s twelve year old 4x800m record was shattered. My teammates and I were on cloud nine. I could not believe that we had done it‚ even though the countless hours we had put in on the track said otherwise. Through thick and thin‚ wins and losses‚ we were always after the same dream. My worn spikes had accumulated so many miles during the season that I had lost track‚ but it was all worth it when we received
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Academic Writing Teacher: Newcombe Rosa Narrative Essay Participant: Marcelle Lama 2011-5053 November 8th‚ 2013 Hope they didn’t hear! Things aren’t often what they appear to be at first blush. But embarrassment is. It was one of those boring days at school; my friends and I were used to it. Since we were seniors‚ we used to participate in the morning act on fridays‚ as usual for other grades‚ singing the national anthem first and then doing the daily prayers. It was common
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Revised Narrative Essay One would think that purchasing your first home would be a very fascinating experience; after all it is one of the most major purchases of your entire life. In America‚ home ownership ties in with the American Dream and the spirit of working hard to one day earn through hard work a home with a white picket fence. My husband and I felt that it was time for us to reward ourselves for all the hard work we have been putting in over the years by purchasing our first home‚ which
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Anthony Santos September 18‚ 2013 Narrative Essay Professor Wang Unfamiliar Territory I recall the nerves‚ sweat‚ and some tears of my first day of public school in an unfamiliar environment. I was vulnerable and invisible to all the chaos occurring in my peripheral vision. All I remember is seeing an endless sea of faces from all different colors‚ backgrounds‚ and ages. In the moment‚ I perceived that anyone who survived this madness would be considered invincible. This experience
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