Personal Narrative English 101 Jonathan Brate 9/3/2013 The Switch After my second year in high school‚ I made a decision that would turn out to be life changing. This decision wasn’t life changing in the way that getting married or going to college would be‚ but I really learned a lot about myself that summer. What I’m about to tell you is what happened when I switched from Marching Band to Football. I will explain to you why this switch was such a big deal to me and what I learned about
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My Personal Response to The Call of the Wild The novel The Call of the Wild tells a story about how Buck‚ a domesdicated dog in the "sun-kissed" Santa Clara‚ managed to survive in the wilds of Klondike. Jack London conveyed many of his own ideas about living in this novel by telling readers what Buck went through to adjust to the harsh realities of life in the frosty North‚ where survival was the only imprerative. Throughout Buck’s adjustment there were several turning-points which forced him to
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It was the depths of winter‚ and the view outside my window was not the familiar white sands of Kailua beach‚ but a thick blanket of snow. Nor was the sky outside a clear blue‚ but a stoic‚ steely gray. My German hadn’t improved much‚ even though I had been in Munich for three months. My host family was nice‚ but no true relationships had been formed. Cabin fever permeated the household‚ and the irritation coming off of my host family was palpable. Back home‚ I was ’adventurous
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Romeo and Juliet Reviving Arranged Marriages: Elizabethan Time to Today While seemingly archaic‚ arranged marriages are still common in many cultures today. William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet chronicles the devastating emotions girls face when forced to marry an unknown man. Lord Capulet‚ Juliet’s father‚ is in charge of who she marries. When Paris‚ Juliet’s fiancé‚ asks to marry Juliet he says‚ “An she agrees‚ within her scope of choice/ Lies my consent and fair according voice” (1
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Deven Crowell 1/25/06 1st block Ms. Todd Personal Narrative The wonderful gift of giving is more precious than any material item that is just used for simple amusement. There is no greater feeling than the one you get from knowing you personally affected someone. In the situation that I’m going speak about‚ I got a chance to see how one’s joyous gratitude can emotionally touch another. Experiences like these are the ones that gave me an extra sense of maturity and also helped me grow to be a
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After retaking the LASSI I have noticed a considerable amount of improvement as well as regression. In the beginning of the year‚ I vowed to myself that I would become a better student. I wanted to maximize all of my abilities in order to be successful. So‚ after I took my first LASSI and had my talk with Mac‚ I began to implement new strategies meant to help me accomplish my goal. First I had to deal with my anxiety. In past years I suffered with a lot of anxiety while learning math. I used to love
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Volcano Personal Narrative “ Mom what day are we moving‚ I still have a lot to pack”‚ Sheila asked while she had been packing her bags. “ I think tomorrow‚ that’s the only day your dad and I are off‚” said her mom as she was packing her things too. It had been the next day and Sheila didn’t really care if she moved because she didn’t really know anyone and she was more excited to move than to not move. Weeks had past and her parents and her had went around the neighborhood meeting them and Sheila
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the value that it holds. This poem explores Plath’s introduction to motherhood‚ and whether she will make a good mother‚ “Your nakedness shadows our safety”. The arrival of new life is juxtaposed with fear and effectively‚ the unknown. Plath’s own personal issues cloud this celebratory moment and turn the poem into a gloomy atmosphere. As they “stand around blankly”‚ unaware as to what to do it is interesting to see how they will adapt to the unfamiliar. Plath appears to look like a mother “I stumble
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As an American-born Chinese‚ I am in a difficult situation. I am American by nationality and Chinese by ethnicity‚ but combine the two and the lines become blurred. Ever since I’ve started learning Mandarin‚ I have become more aware of how displaced I am. When people see me they will question where I’m from. I reply with “Chicago” but there’s always the follow up question of “No‚ where are you REALLY from?” Before I started school‚ my reply would always be “Chicago! I was born and raised here
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Haley Paulson Personal Narrative Paper It was a beautiful day in Plymouth‚ Minnesota. The smell of summer was in the air and the grass was greener than ever. The birds were chirping and the trees were swaying in the sweet summer breeze. The sunshine is streaming through the cloudless skies... and Anna is smacked down by an offender! The offender‚ the meanest and biggest girl on the Plymouth soccer team definitely knows how to play dirty and get away with it. I call her Four‚ which was her number
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