Personal Narrative: Revenge And Curiosity

Revenge and Curiosity Children and teenagers often injure themselves because of their ignorance or because of another younger fellow, out for revenge. These injuries can be caused by the simplest thing, however cause much misfortune in someone’s life. Johnny Tremain, a teenage apprenticed silversmith with his life all planned out, had is future crash to the ground when another apprenticed silversmith, Dove, tried to punish Johnny for his arrogance and pride and handed him a crack crucible. While Johnny was working on the Sabbath, the cracked crucible caused Jonny to spill molten silver on his right hand, making it not suitable to ever become a silversmith. I however, accidentally, due to my ignorance and curiosity, got a third degree burn on my right index finger because I tried to turn off a fog machine by touching the hot place where the fog comes out, after my mom had told me specifically not to. A cracked crucible and a simple fog machine, if used incorrectly, can cause similar and different hardships, ranging from bad handwriting to the loss of an activity you lover, whether for an entire lifetime or for a few weeks. Two very different, unfortunate

When I was ten, I was one of those kids. After my mom had told me not to touch the hot spot where the fog comes out of the fog machine, I touched it with my right index finger because I thought that was the button to turn it off. I had terrible penmanship and was unable to play my violin for three weeks. Unlike Johnny tremain, I was able to play my violin after my finger healed. An entirely new career plan was unnecessary and I did not meet any new friends because of my wound. I was not treated unfairly or kicked out of my home. While Johnny was learning from his new fried Rab how to be a better, less prideful person, I was learning not to tough things I was not permitted to