Personal Narrative: Eid As An Immigrant

I remember going home that day and telling my mom all about my first day at my new school. I think, for the first time since my Dad had been laid off I felt a peace. I felt the fear that I’d felt over this drastic change in my life dissipate and vanish as I realized that we were going to be okay, that I was going to enjoy living in Dewitt. Though I would miss Texas and all the things I’d left behind, I knew that in my new home, I would be happy and I’ve been happy living in Dewitt ever

I didn’t want to accept that he was gone. For weeks I thought I would come home to see my dad waiting for us to embrace him. I quickly became uninterested in school. I did not want anyone at school to know what happened to me. I spent my time imagining how quickly my life chanced.

She was really angry at her parents which shows that moving can be hard. I was kind of ready because I have moved a lot. Making Text to World connections can also show that some events in the book can be linked to things happening in the real world. Another example of this would be when the five main characters transitioned from elementary school to high school and had to make new friends. Stella felt very angry for having to start high school in a different city where she had no friends.

Although his mother tests his nerves, he shows full intentions to one day earn the money needed to move his mother to a beautiful home. After years of his mother taking care of him, Julian knows it will soon be his time to take care of his mother. After all, he is already doing so by assisting her in her weekly trips to the Y. While many students in class argued that Julian experienced a change of heart only after his mother fell ill, the text suggests he was kind hearted all along. After exiting the bus and seeing his mom drop to the sidewalk, Julian, “picked up her pocketbook and put what had fallen out back in it.

As Amir and Baba were in the garden Amir brought up a topic that Baba had never thought or wanted to, he asked “if he had ever thought about getting new servants?” Baba was in disgust when he heard those words come out of Amir’s mouth. This made Baba angry and also made Amir see that if he wanted Hassan kicked out of the house he would have to do it discreetly. As Amir’s birthday was coming up there was much planning to do so Hassan was kept busy. After the party Amir saw Hassan and Ali leave the residence so he decided to finally get Hassan to leave. He then planted the money and the watch Baba had gotten him for his birthday under the Haasan's bed.

Their mother’s abduction took a painful toll on them. They had to grow up without her, not knowing whether she was dead or alive. The maternal space had been suddenly snatched away from them and unrightfully so. They could not bear their loss. Zaina’s homecoming was a huge event for the family.

Moreover, Jeannette feels the most guilt and shame as an adult. Once she moves to New York and reinvents herself, she tries to forget her old life. No one knows who Jeannette truly is and what her life was like before. Firstly, she feels shame from her parents lifestyle and does not want her acquaintances to find out about the way her parents live. “It had been months since I laid eyes on Mom, and when she looked up, I was overcome with panic that she'd see me and call out my name, and that someone on the way to the part would spot us together and Mom would introduce herself and my secret would be out” (The Glass Castle 3).

It is very convenient to finish school online while working full time. I am so excited to take this class! I did take two years of Spanish in high school but that was eleven years ago and I remember basic phrases and spanish verb conjugations. To be honest I would not mind being fluent so I can help translate on my job but I have no clue where to start. I am married to my high school sweetheart, we have no children.

I believe arriving at my house that we would stay there for a long time until we needed a bigger house or needed to move closer to my school. I believe learning the language was very easy because of the French and English school I was attending. When I was done with learning the language I was finally able to go to a full American school which I believe was very life changing because of my new friends and teacher. I believe that it was my first American public school and I was very excited to be there for two years until I couldn’t stay there because I was going to the fifth grade which they didn’t have. I believe the next school I went to also helped to shape me into the person I am today, it was my first ever catholic school and I had made tons of new friends that I still have to this

I remember my very first job like it was yesterday. My first reaction I can remember was to giggle and laugh because I would be working with my friends when I got hired at McDonald’s that summer and it made me really happy. I remember during orientation that Barbara- my general manager, asked me if I wanted something to drink before I started training. I said no because I was so nervous that day I felt like I would pee my pants if I took the drink. I was excited to be working that summer because I would finally have my own money and could save for school with no help from my parents.

She immediately started crying and I looked up and did not see her number nor my number, but ultimately I knew my number was not supposed to be up there that year. In the moment everything seemed as if all my hard work had been suddenly take from me, but on the car ride back to my home I was so incredibly thankful and blessed that I was given such an amazing opportunity. I knew then that I had to audition again. The whole process of trying out for Rangerettes helped me grow in ways I never knew possible. I am much more humble and I appreciate everything that’s given to me and never do I take a moment for granted.

Four years after that I came to the U.S.A at the age of nine not knowing a single word of English. My family lived with my uncles in a two room house with a total of thirteen people living there. I understood the challenges and sacrifices that my parents were making to bring me to this country. I quickly learned that I would have to work hard to succeed and take advantage of the opportunities my parents came here for. When I started school, I got to meet English-speaking Latinos who helped me immerse in this new culture.

The Dumas were given so much kindness and were accepted so quickly in those two short years that they were in America. They were highly thought of in their community that they didn’t want to go back to their homeland of Iran after their two-year were up. They didn’t know when they were going to come back, the girl even said so herself, “I didn’t know then that indeed be returning to America about two years later” (Dumas, 16).All that the girl knew was that everyone was upset that she was leaving. “ The last month of our stay, I attended one slumber party after another, all thrown in my honor” (Dumas, 16).She also knew that, even though her mother could not speak or understand hardly any English, she was thankful for all that the community

The Civil war was a very devastating event in history that was a test on the families who had loved ones both in the war and living far away from the rest of their family. People on the home front wanted to help but felt like there was not anything they could do. Also, the addition of the draft into the war it caused more of a burden and fear of losing their loved ones. However, with the devastation of the war people seemed to do the only thing they knew how to do and that was to go to church. There seemed to be a lot more church going than before the war.

I was wit my friends we were laughing, talking, and joking .When I arrive to my home, my parents told me that we can move to USA to get our resident and also to study. To be honest, in my class of English I was so bad student. I never understand this particular class, now, I nove to USA. Rhis notice was really challenging in my life. What I suppose to do in