Personal Narrative Analysis

Freedom to me is being able to learn from your mistakes. If I did not have freedom, I would have to do what the top officials tell me I have to do. They would tell me what books to read, what religion to study, and even what food to eat. I wouldn’t

Having freedom is what makes the people who they are as humans, and what they are meant to be. Freedom is simple as saying small and easy things, "Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows" (Orwell 84). Before anything else, freedom is the most important thing they can all have, because without it,

Freedom demands peace, justice and unity. Freedom steps in when the going gets rough. It is more than enjoying adulthood as you turn 18, it's the definition of a child taking its first steps towards life.

What is freedom? To me, freedom is to be able to build a life of your own and to be able

I am getting excited just thinking about being finished with fieldwork next week. It has been another great week and I still continue to learn something new each and every day. This week brought new challenges for me with seeing more kids on my own, but I know Duane is there to catch me when I fall.

In 2011, I walked through the big red doors of Metamora Township High School at a whopping 92 pounds. I was five foot as a freshman, causing me to be very nervous for the first day of the next four years of my life. High school had its ups and downs, but overall was a very fun experience. What I remember most from high school is the wrestling season, student sections from different sports, participating in football, and making new friends along the way. High school was a very good experience for me to realize my goals in life and left me with great memories.

People fight for freedom every day. Some people are born into that way of life, but some people work for it and earn it. That is why everyone's definition of freedom is different. What might be freedom to someone who has had it all their life would be different to someone who has never experienced it before. For example, one person’s freedom may be getting to hang out with their friends without a curfew. But, to someone else, it could be having the ability to choose who they want to marry and when, seeing that they do not automatically have that freedom. Freedom is a personal idea being that everyone experiences it in a different way. It’s just like the saying of Yotam Ottolenghi, “one man’s trash is

My wife and I drove to Colorado today for the Mother’s Day weekend. The sky is overcast and threatens to rain at any moment. On day such as this, I am reminded of our track meet day in elementary school. I grew up in a very small town and many schools in this area held a track meet on the last day of school. Nearly every year, the track meet took place on a day with similar weather conditions. It was just cool enough to keep comfortable as you ran, jumped, and played, but not too cold to ruin the day. Everyone loved the track meet since there were no classes and students were treated to a day of athletic competition. Each child participated in every event and ribbons were given out to the top 6 finishers. Participant ribbons were given to every child who did not place in the top positions.

Thursday morning came quickly for Samantha. She had lain awake until the early hours of the morning reliving her lesson from the previous night.

“No, no no! That’s not how you do it! THIS is how you do it.” That was my mantra as a young child. Back then, I came across as bossy and mean. As I matured, I soon realized that I was simply trying to help. Albeit, in the wrong way. I was being a help nonetheless. As an adult, I have learned that my passion is seeing or hearing a problem and working to solve it. Now I work with people instead of bossing them around, but it is this passion that makes me believe wholeheartedly that I am perfect for the Customer Success Agent position at Next Chapter.

Two men in dark grey suits shaking hands, the white flowers and smiles reflecting off the orange church in the background. For the more slender of the two, it is the best day of his life. For the other, it is the big day for his son. The handshake in the place of a hug shows the respect between the two men: respect between father and son, and the respect between two leaders. The broader, and the older of the two is seeing his son as an equal. The smile on both of their faces shows the joy. Their shoulders are squared, like the leaders they are, and the leaders they will become.

It’s morning, the sun is just starting to peek over the trees, today is a special day, today is my 65th birthday, I’m old I’m truly old, but at least I don’t look like the Crypt Keeper. As I start my usual morning routine, I can’t help but wonder where did the time go? I’ve always been told to get old was a blessing and only the lucky ones make it this far, I suppose that’s true considering the alternative, getting older is definitely better than being dead.

Ronald Reagan once said, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.” Freedom is unexplainably valuable. The only way to truly understand freedom and the obtainment of it is to understand the roles of those involved. Namely, the freedom complex is made up within the role of the dictator, the role of the individual, and the role of society.

Freedom is an innate right, humans are born with. Nothing should threaten our freedom, deprive us from our rights. Though we must respect freedom of everyone in the society. For me, Freedom is about surrounding yourself by people who motivate and inspire you to be better than you were yesterday, so that you can pursue a meaningful cause, in a manner that leverages your unique strengths.

Throughout the course of history freedom has been a controversial topic in society. There has always been the question of who deserves freedom, what rights fall under freedom and what freedom is in the first place. As a construct, freedom has been well ingrained into modern society and most people that