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Wetback Narrative

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The summer of my freshman year I had gotten into my first high school fight. This kid that was on the football team did not like me and he wanted to fight me but I did not like to fight. I was called many names for not fighting him during the school year. I saw him in the summer and he yelled my name and called me a “wetback” . After hearing that I ran to him and got in his face and told him lets fight so we did. I knocked him out so bad that he was out cold for at least thirty seconds. When I knocked him out I instantly knew that this was not the answer and I should be ashamed of myself. When he called me a “wetback” I felt inferiors even though it was not true. From that day forward I consider myself a lover not a fighter. I choose

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