Persuasive Essay On Human Life

As a lowly freshman at Neuqua Valley, I didn’t have much of a concrete idea of my passions. I knew I was pretty adept at working with technology, but beyond that, my primary interests were sleeping and video games. However, on a whim, I joined a club called the Junior State of America, which exposed me to debate, civics, and government. I had no idea that it would quickly help shape my lifetime interests. From my first main speech to travelling to Washington, D.C. to debate, JSA has allowed me to find my passion and opened even more doors for me to continue pursuing it.

My experience fits within the framework of a general definition of being human. Human existence is defined by an individual’s attempt to shape his or her own identity. Intrinsically, the

More than anything, he cannot escape from his own mind and his obsession with his father: “It doesn't make me feel good when you say that something I do reminds you of Dad” (Foer 26). Despite his gloom, one day, he discovers a key in a vase in his father’s closet, spurring a search around the entire city of New York for answers of his father’s death. While Oskar’s journey seemingly is to find answers about his father, the reality is that Oskar’s real journey is learning more about himself outside of his father’s shadow. Over the course of an eight month journey, he learns to reach out to others, venture beyond his comfort zones, and overwhelmingly, discover that he has a stronger identity than just one of a lost son. His interactions with strangers and his misfortunes along the way alert him to the true nature of his own existence: to become part of a larger, beautiful story and contribute what he can to the