Comparing Weird Richard And Welcome To Holland

Experience is an important part of human life. We are human, looking at the world through a keyhole, spent our whole life trying to widen that keyhole, to see more, to know more. The more we learn, the more experiences we get. In the last 20 years, I have earned so many experiences for myself. One of my best life experiences is leaving my beautiful homeland, moving to America to study.

Reading another’s life experiences is like accidentally picking up a stranger’s coffee at Starbucks. It’s unexpected and perhaps delightful experiencing and tasting another’s caffeinated concoction. In the case of my memoir, it was bland coffee so I spat it out and asked for a new drink. However, receiving sips of my peers’ selected memoirs was eye-opening and exhilarating, almost like drinking a pumpkin spice latte for the first time. It was so entertaining and engaging that I plan on ordering some of my peer’s choice of coffee (and read a few of the memoirs my peers presented).

The controlling idea of this essay is there is an entire world that existed outside of her daily routine. Chelsey says, “I ended up sharing time and space and conversation with people of races, religions, social classes, and creeds I’d never experienced or considered.” Simply observing and interacting with a new group of people made it possible to learn things she did not even know she could learn. This essay made me think how sheltered I am and what I might do to see other people’s perspectives. In only three paragraphs, this author answers the question of how her experience changed the way she thinks of herself and how she sees the world from the simple act of taking a

In the world today many people undergo personal challenges that impact their lives negatively. Two short stories exhibit how personal challenges affects our relationships with others. Initiation, a short story by Slyvia Plath demonstrates a stereotypical high school life and how it influences a teenagers life. As well as, Reaction-Interaction, a personal essay by Diane Kenyon, explains the struggles of a deaf person. By analysing the similarities and differences between the stories, you can gain crucial life lessons.

Dave Eggers’ “Another” and Ernest Hemingway’s “An African Story” both tell tales of coming of age through journeys. In Eggers’ story, the middle aged protagonist is on a trip in Egypt. He goes against the advice of his government and leaves his comfort zone to go through new experiences. In Hemingway’s narrative, the young main character David goes on an elephant hunt with his father and a friend, Juma, and witnesses the death of an elephant; as a result he feels as though he understands it, that he has bonded with it. The stories’ similarities show coming of age through death and adventure, however, growth for the characters come at different ages and with opposing perspectives on the outcomes of their adventures.

People's shared experiences help them to connect and relate to others. This story is told in a semi-casual and personal tone which is crucial to the delivery and take away from said story. The story allows

There are many experiences that one encounters in his or her lifetime, but only a few of these experiences are significant enough to leave an impact on our lives. It is safe to say that these experiences help shape us to be the person we are today. With these experiences, along with how we are raised, is what leads to our development as an individual; cognitively, emotionally, and spiritually and how we view the world and ourselves. These experiences leave a lasting impression, and we refer back to them when faced with difficult situations. Whether these experiences are good or bad can change the makeup of our identity, and internal perceptions.

An experience is a personal involvement or observation of an occurrence by a person. Every day, various people experience different events of their lives and learn from these numerous undertakings. People however, cannot experience everything, but rather only experience what they undergo. For others to distinguish different accomplishments that they cannot be apart of, people must learn from other’s experiences. In the book A Thousand Splendid Suns, written by Khaled Hosseini, various events are exposed to the characters that affect themselves and the ones around them. In the text, the characters help readers in becoming familiar with experiences that they are not accustomed to as it demonstrates the affection people have for one another, the effects of poverty on others’ lives, and the experiences of domestic abuse.

In this essay I am going to talk about my background. My childhood and how blessed I am to be where I am today. Like Robert Tew said, “It’s okay to get lost every once in awhile, sometimes getting lost is how we find ourselves.”. In this quote I feel like Robert is trying to tell his readers that it’s okay that life can get rough sometimes but sometimes it’s okay because once you realize that life goes on you will embrace the rough times and that’s what makes you stronger.

Incidents write and experiences direct the episodes of our lives and learning of the most significant form is the one we receive from them. A young person, raw and oblivious to the world’s functioning gains skill through education but becomes adept to decipher life’s conundrums, only through his perennial experiences.

This was also an opportunity to write about a time in my life when I felt alone and did not want to share vocally what I was going through with others. Now, at this point I just want to do whatever comes to mind in this latest book that I have been working on entitled Before Coffee.  I am choosing to write about things that I remember from my past and present day that is memorable to me and what I have seen this far in my 41 years of life on this earth. I believe every writer should take the time to reflect upon their experiences and pen something that someone else can attest to that will help them in some way. As a seasoned participant I take pride in knowing that I am not the only person in the world shelling out words at the crack of dawn, middle of the night, or waking up out my sleep because of a thought that I need to add to a page. This platform is one to look forward to each year.

Everyone has a story, everything has a story. And those stories can be lost to our everyday lives. You get so used to seeing all of it, that you become blind to it. You become blind to the moments, to the view, even to the people around you; but I don’t. The life that I have lived so far, I have been alone more times then I can count. And over this time I have grown an aptitude for observing.

When I was younger I was naïve and completely oblivious to the differences between South Africa and home. As my age increased so did my understanding about how life wasn’t always easy for everyone. Throughout my school years I realised that I was not from a place of privilege. Every year certain events caused me to become aware of what life was like. It was like a reality check that never quite stopped.

Man is a product of the culture in which he is born and brought up. For the same reason, no one can negate the influence of the society in forming one’s personality. I am well aware of the fact that my views, thoughts, and attitude have been shaped by the society I live in; hence, any attempt to sketch my personal experiences would be incomplete without referring to the part played by my surroundings. Throughout my life, I have paid utmost importance to initiating and maintaining interpersonal relationships with others. I had to face varied situations out there, both joyous and depressing. However, each instance was a great lesson for me to learn several things about my practical life – I wouldn’t be exaggerating when I say that I have learned more outside the four walls of my classroom than within them. My autobiography is closely associated with my social connections including my experiences with my family, educational institution, and the larger society I reside within.

In my essay I am going to discuss three situations in my life, rugby, school and camp which relate to the quote “beginnings are usually scary and endings are usually sad, but its everything in between that makes it all worth living”.