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Personal Narrative Analysis

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“Our lives begin to end the moment we stay silent about things that matter” -Martin Luther King Jr. In history, many people have taken a stand for race, religion, gender, or human rights in general. It is common to walk around downtown Chicago and see a blown up rat or a group of protesters outside of a business or store. Although sometimes they get fired or in trouble, these people have the courage to stand up for their rights as a worker. However, it doesn’t always lead to what they want. If you have ever taken a stand in your life, you’d know, sometimes arguing is not the answer. Recently, I stood up for what I believed in. It all started with my friend Colette, a girl I have known since we were little toddlers; she is a bit full of herself, …show more content…

Regardless of what Colette says, she is always backed up. As you can probably infer, Colette and I argue a lot; our natural habit to be the leader gets us in fights. In our friend group, however, she is always supported. From day one, our ballet clique has consisted of four people: Colette, Maya (my sister), Elly, and the youngest, yours truly. Maya is a complete follower, she and Colette have been best friends forever, so Maya always does whatever Colette does, and vise versa. Elly is a total angel; she doesn’t want to get in an argument with anyone, so she always stays neutral, no matter the controversy. In other words, my side of the argument is always lacking. One day at ballet, we were sitting in the dressing room tuning out Colette and Maya’s extensive conversations, when I decided to listen. They were talking about religion, how they are Atheists. They said they didn’t think it makes sense to believe in Jesus and that religion is not accurate. Elly is very Christian, her dad is a pastor; they go to church every Sunday. Regardless, she wouldn’t say anything, so I stepped up to the plate. I was tired of Colette thinking she was always right and tired of Maya always agreeing. They didn’t acknowledge that there are other people around them, other people whose religion they may not want to be dissing. I told them that they needed to respect other people’s beliefs and that if they wanted to talk about what they believe in, they …show more content…

She went for the common one, that I always overreact about things that don’t even matter that much. I counteracted by saying that religion does matter and that she has to know that people may not always agree with her, a common argument for me too. “Seriously Sonya, you need to stop being so worried about everything, it’s not that big of a deal” she said, to that I said “You don’t need to get all riled up because no one ever disagrees with you”; the whole thing just ended with an extensive fight, and us not talking to each other for the rest of the

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