The personal narrative is coming along great even though I haven’t started writing it. My idea for this narrative is an experience that I had when I was about thirteen years of age and that was when I went on a fifty mile canoe trip upstream at a lake in Arizona. The reason I am using this idea is because it really changed me as a person and it was also about one-hundred and twenty degrees while we were doing it. So far the ideas that I have for this paper are good because it includes many factors and lessons that are good to learn. One of those lessons is the lesson of endurance because I was kind of chubby during this time and it was hard for me to endure to the end. I really hope to be able to draw a picture for the reader and be able to describe the best I can how I felt and what I was going through. I always remember the good things about this trip such as my brother going with me but I never really thought about the bad things that happened such as the temperature that we were going through as well as the fact that my brother left early. I feel like this paper is going to be really good because there are so many aspects of it that are ironic as well as funny that kind of lighten the situation but there are also parts of it where you think, “Man I feel so bad for that little chubby kid.”
I'm in exactly the same position as you, I think I have a good story to tell but I haven't started. Starting is the hardest part of writing the essay, once the creative juices start flowing through my veins I'm unstoppable though. On a serious note, the outline of the story sounds interesting. I enjoy the way you always incorporate your family into the plot as it's clear they mean a lot to you. I'm really looking forward to peer reviewing your paper!
ReplyDeleteCory, I am so excited to read your paper! I can’t imagine going on a fifty mile canoe trip! I mean I love canoeing, but fifty miles is a long way. I love how you said you hope that your readers think, “Man I feel so bad for the little chubby kid.” How funny! You sound so much like my brother. He was once a little chubby kid and now he’s a tall, thin-ish athlete. We love looking at pictures of him from a few years ago and we all just laugh! It is fun how as we grow up we can look back and laugh at ourselves and see the many experiences we had that have helped us become the person we are today. Growing up is a weird, but cool thing!
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