Personal Narrative: The Path Not Taken

Every time I asked something from Dad -which seemed to be all the time these days because of mom’s lack of leaving the house- he would blow me off with that same old reply: “You know my schedule.” Sitting back up, I muffled a groan. “Well, it looks like I’ll be walking home

My emotions took control over me, I knew I should have kept going and keep hope but I couldn’t. I saw people going back to their work block and they were stricken with fear. I wanted to make a difference here but there was no way I could do that. I am now writing in this journal about my story. I packed it in my bag but never had the chance to right in it.

It was a very sad moment when I had to say goodbye, the words didn 't even wanted to come out of my mouth. Whenever, I felt like a part of me were staying with them and that my life will not be the same. Since, I was just 12 years old and I had no idea about how leaving my country and part of my family was going to change my life, I thought that was just stupid. So that, I were angry and crying for almost one week. It is really sad and hard when you have to leave the people you lived with for 12 years and not only that, if no also leave your country without having no idea how you were going to live and how was everything in another country.

He´s just all by himself. Odysseus also suffers through some pain, because he hasn't seen or talked to his wife or kid in 20 years. Every Time odysseus is almost home, something happens. He is constantly being set back from finally reaching his end destination. When he is close, his crewmates open the bag of winds.

When I was walking the streets to my first St. Louis Pride event, I felt extremely warm and safe inside. Almost everywhere I looked I would see rainbow flags or rainbow shirts and smile to myself. Looking around, I could tell everyone felt comfortable enough to be themselves here. I didn’t know what outfit would be acceptable at Pride so I dressed in a flower corn, a blue button up with palm trees on it, and rainbow suspenders. My mom and I chose a shady place under a tree to watch the three hour parade in the heat.

Last year I realized I lost and had no friends, I started to get depressed and did not want to do anything anymore. I learned that this was a crisis and my adrenaline started pumping. It took me awhile to figure out I do not need anybody that does not need me. I learned that once something bad happens, you realize you are not alone in this world. Everything happens for a reason, good or bad.

“No, a true seeker could not accept any teachings, not if he sincerely wished to find something,” (Hesse, 90). Herman Hesse illustrates in his novel, Siddhartha, that one must go through their own journey in life to find what they are really searching for. Hesse portrays this through his character, Siddhartha, who went through many mentors such as the Samana group and the Buddha, who taught Siddhartha, but did not satisfy his needs. Siddhartha discovered through multiple teachers that he must walk his own path to find his true meaning in life. Siddhartha was dissatisfied with his life, and had decided to join the Samana group, hoping that it would fulfill his desire to find his meaning in life.

When the music first appeared, I thought it was very random and put it off as describing the background. However shortly after it was first mentioned, it was brought up again. At the time, I had still thought the conflict was going to be with the other man from school. When the music was mentioned the second time, it lined up with what the other man was saying. Once both of them vanished, I had eliminated both as a possibility for being a major part of the conflict.

This narrator had permanently tattooed her left wrist and unfortunately, this tattoo got messed up. In the text she says, “Spooked that I hadn’t noticed this until it was too late, I read that four-word phrase for a solid hour, waiting for a spelling error to materialize.” She made a small mistake that she regretted throughout her life. She just couldn’t learn to love it. Second of all, regret is another main point to this story. As teens especially, there are so many

Moving away from family and friends can be a tough thing to do. I had to adjust to leaving my friends and family that I loved and seen almost every day. When it was time for us to leave, I felt like I was leaving the world behind me. I was very heartbroken because, this is a place where I lived almost my whole life. I never imagined us picking up everything and leaving to relocate to another town.

He patiently answered each of our questions throughout the tour and never skipped a beat even with such a large party like ours. From the introduction of our tour guide, we knew this is the home of Nixon 's birthplace and early years. I was happy that we had a chance to visit here. With beautiful flowers decorating the pathway to the front door, this house was so charming. The staff was friendly, knowledgeable, and eager to share their information with us.

You cannot do anything but watch them suffer and try to keep fighting. Henry may have ran from the second battle because everything has stopped from the first battle and now it’s all setting in of what happened and who he has lost. During the battle there were times when Henry thought he wasn’t going to make it and times that he thought he was going

First, the author delays an event the reader knows is coming. For example, the book states “I began to lift, but he moaned and went rigid, so I stopped. I couldn’t bear to hurt him. I couldn’t leave him either, and there was nothing to do but wait” (Riggs 32). This was very compelling because Jacob’s grandfather is about to die, and even though it is very obvious, the writer still delays it which draws the reader in.

Originally he only did it once a week on Friday. After a long week at work it must have relieved his stress, which wouldn’t make it that unreasonable to do. However, after everyone knows what Troy did to Rose, they start to lose the respect that they once had for him. They stop visiting him and even Rose and Cory keep avoiding him. (Quote) With nobody around, Troy cannot be the center of everything, he cannot move the conversation his way.

T-Ray looked confused to me and started to yell, I was scared and panicked so I called him dad, then he stopped. At that moment I finally understood him for once. He was demanding me to move back to Sylvan, but I couldn 't go back because August, May, and June where my family now. August stood up to him, so that I didn 't have to go back. While he was leaving I still had one question bothering me.