Personal Narrative: A Place That Once Was Peaceful

Your work changed my view of self by realizing that I don’t have a bad life. Growing up, my parents would always fight, drank a lot, my dad was rarely home, my mom was unhappy, and I never really felt like I had an actual family. I witnessed a lot of bad things that happened between my parents when they fought and is something I’d never wish upon anyone. My parents got divorced when i was 9, which I took very hard because I had to live with my mom by court and I missed my dad a lot.

In The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, Rose Mary is the mother of the Walls children who often does not act as a true adult. Rose Mary’s attitudes and behaviours are childlike, and therefore her children must take on responsibility for the lack her own. Rose Mary ignores her obligations as a parent and chooses an irresponsible way of life which endangers her children. Rose Mary has never properly matured into adulthood due to her lack of financial stability, bliss ignorance and optimism, and her selfishness nature.

In this part, Curley’s wife talks to Candy about how his dreams are not going to work out. She says, “I seen too many of you guys... I know you guys” (Steinbeck, pg 79). This proves that Curley’s wife has been at that house for a long time with no one to talk to, and it’s caused her to have a constant need for attention. The only way she knows how to get attention is by messing with people.

Sula came back to Nel’s house so she can see her and remind her of their fun past and the never ending friendship, but while Sula was setting there she realized that Nel had a powerful thing that she didn't have which was: her family. She thought about all the sacrifices she mad so she could have what Nel has but she never did. As Jude walked in Nel’s husband, Sula realized how much attention he gave Nel. She felt powerless and not just powerless, but sexually powerless. As Sula felt comfortable around the house she started looking for her desires, “They had been down on all fours naked, not touching except their lips right down there on the floor” (Morrison, p.105).

Her attitude reflects a true empathy for others and an understanding of how situations can get out of control. On January 12th, 1866 Beeler Fletcher visited sick Mrs. Hinton. Mrs. Hinton had been out of work the whole winter because of her illness and her family was in dire straits. Beeler Fletcher helped the family by seeing “that they [were] made comfortable” and continued to visit them frequently until Mrs. Hinton’s illness subsided. On January 15th, 1866, the Hinton’s situation prompted Beeler Fletcher to write in here journal “how I pity the poor.”

In the second paragraph of the story the author states that she is suffering because she doesn't have the things she wants by saying, “She suffered endlessly, feeling herself born for every delicacy and luxury. She suffered from the poorness of her house, from its mean walls, worn chairs, and ugly curtains.” (Guy de Maupassant 2) “She had no clothes, no jewels, nothing. And these were the only things she loved;” (Guy de Maupassant 2) The author included this to let the readers know what kind of “Poverty” Matilde was living in. Mathilde doesn't seem to love her husband as much.

The last paragraph tell us Emily has another personality is different from the one she show to all the town people. Since Emily’s father past away, he left her a house with full of memories when she was a little child. Nobody take care her after that day beside her butler, the day that she can not admit her father’s death. The town people felt sorry for her. Time past, she meet Homer, he came from the South (Old South) and she from the North.

On December 5th, 2011 a woman who loved me so much passed away, leaving me with a mountain to climb of depression and a event that would change everything that I knew and loved. When I was a young girl my grandma was my person, my rock, my everything, every time their was a problem I would go to her a she would help me through it. She really helped me when I was six and my parents informed me that they were going to get a divorced, at that age I didn’t understand why I thought that everything was great in our family. During this time my grandma took care of me greatly and made sure I was loved and cared for. I can remember every part of when she died.

The Death of a loved one is painful and destructive; however, there's healthy ways to rebuild yourself after that loss. Holden, the protagonist of The Catcher In The Rye, and his family lost Allie and they all showed signs of suffering from the loss since they didn’t find helpful ways to make peace with Allie’s death. Holden’s father and mother both displayed self destructive patterns after losing Allie. The most extreme case is Holden, who lives by the notion that the world is cruel and is made for suffering rather than living. Holden’s family is scattered apart, which makes it harder for them to heal.

She hated her new home, and what they thought of her. Prue couldn’t begin to live up to any of their standards. Her father, a CEO of the family Oil Company. And her mother a socialite of intimidating standing. Her older brother spoiled as the only heir to the family name, and was as cruel and twisted as her father.

That is exactly how I felt deep down. As a kid, I always thought that bad things happen only to bad people and this can never happen to people I love. Reality hit me hard. While was trying to take care of my little cousin, my aunt’s son that came to live in our home for couple of months, everything looked so chilling, so sad and unreal. From the moment my mom told me this ugly truth, I started thinking about death and I couldn’t stop thinking that maybe somehow I am sick, too.

Imagine that there were two separate people that are living in different lives. One has a mother who is very germophobic and has OCD, but makes her child feel uncomfortable at his or her home; a father who works all day and stressed out non-stop. Second has a mother who continuously judges what you look or do and has no father. Both of these people obviously want to get away from this. So these children go out and hang out at a place where they feel welcome and feel like they are at home.

Regardless of what she thinks of her involvement in this predicament, Clara sacrifices everything in her current life for the sake of raising the children. This includes quitting her job, giving up the freedom of being alone in her house along with the money that she had saved up over the years. Soon after she takes in the children, she grows very fond of them and starts to think of them as her own. However when Clayton abandons the family, stealing from Clara in the process, Clara feels overwhelmed by the sudden increase in responsibilities. Looking after the children was exhausting enough but “the cooking never seemed to end” (38) and

Emma has been through a lot of the same stuff as me, both of our parents are divorced so we have a few things in common with that. So, a few months ago my mom was telling me how one of her friends,that’s a guy, will be moving in with us. I immediately texted Emma and she was helping me through it. I didn’t want anyone moving in because I didn’t want him to take my mom away from me. I was a little jealous

Amy found that same comfort but not until she was an adult. As she was speaking with her mother one day, she says “Not waste money that way.” (507). It dawned on her that it was so natural that not even her husband had noticed. Richard recalls a similar experience.