Personal Narrative: Mandi's Life

To play a role given to us, isn’t fun once we learn of it, however, breaking away pushes us further into the journey. The Hero's Journey, a repetitive process that seems to be in the basic natural structure of every human, and despite any efforts are often replicating it ourselves. Following the journey is simple and sometimes unavoidable. The whole journey is mapped out by Christopher Vogler's The Writer's Journey. Then seen in Dracula, Bedazzled, and Noah. Also, in a easier way Howl's Moving Castle and The Game.

Based off of my last journal about the fashion industry and how it has an economic impact. Recently a friend of mine opened up a fashion boutique in a mall. He has always been into fashion probably the most fashion intellectual person I know. In the boutique my friend has inventory ranging from shoes, hoodies, jeans, accessories, etc. All the inventory are clothes or shoes that are either hard to find or sold out due to the demand of the product being higher than the supply. The shoe prices range from $200-$2000 depending on what shoe you are looking at. The prices of clothes are practically the same price range as the shoes. One of the clothing brands that are probably in my opinion the grail items in the boutique is the collection of clothes

Saying it “is all about 'investment dressing' - buying one piece and loving it for a long time”. (Siegle, 8) When buying a product the shopper should not be afraid to spend a little extra cash so it won’t have to be disposed in a few months time. Making more of a relationship to care for what is in their possession. And repair the clothes they have since “just 2 per cent of the average clothing budget goes on services that repair or lengthen the lifespan of our garments and accessories”. (Siegle, 9) She goes over how the more you buy fast fashion the higher the price and the cheaper the material will be. Ending up in the garbage and repeating the cycle of devastating effects on the

Joseph Campbell has a theory called The Hero’s Journey in where an individual is shown in a mundane world, called to an adventure, and goes on the adventure. In the adventure, the individual goes on the path of trials that consisting of making new friends, new mentors, new enemies, facing new challenges, gaining new skills, and new knowledge. When the individual comes back to their mundane world, they are the master of two worlds through their new experiences they've gained in the adventure. The Hero’s Journey has been repeated in literature and films through many years: two examples that have The Hero’s Journey are the films, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.

Change is inevitable. Whether it be positive or negative, change is constantly happening. More than often change can take you from the known world and spit you into the unknown, where you return a changed person. While embarking on the journeys provoked by change, you are on a hero’s journeys. The hero’s journey was popularized by Joseph Campbell. When describing what prompts hero’s journeys, Joseph Campbell said,

Outlet malls are considered fast fashion as well. The companies make it out to seem like we are getting a “deal” on these products that didn’t sell in the actual store but digging deeper many outlets will produce items at lower quality simply for the outlet malls to trick consumers.

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On February 28, 1998 at 11:50 p.m. a baby was born in Moultrie, Georgia. Who was that baby you might ask, well that baby was me. At three pounds and four ounces, and almost a leap year baby I was born into the world as Iesha Monika Williams. I was the first child to parents, and the only girl as the time went on. Even though I was born in Moultrie, Georgia I was raised in Thomasville, Georgia and have been here ever since. I have two younger brothers, the ages of sixteen and seven, name Trey and Jamari. I have a puppy name seven or seven-eleven, he answers to both. I also have two parrots name pinky and binky.

Joseph Campbell is a leading mythology expert and philosopher who studied all myths from around the world and found the “Hero’s Journey,” a pattern or algorithm that appears in common in myth, religious ritual, and storytelling. The Hero’s Journey has three elements, separation, initiation and return. If I think about myself, coming to Hawaii by myself was a separation from my comfortable zone where I was surrounded by my supportive family. First time when I came here, I could not say anything and became quiet because I thought people would think I was a stupid and not understand me. I was afraid of how people think about my language skills. However, I tried to speak from myself, asked people to collect my mistakes, accepted what I cannot do

As I (Ofc.S.Diaz) was walking from store to store I (Ofc.S.Diaz) notice a person on the ground in front of Nando Peri Peri when I approached the person (Ms.Janet last name not given 65yrs old female) she was laying down on her face when she looked up I (Diaz) notice her nose was bleeding severe I ask another pedestrian to call 911 for Ms.Janet as the pedestrian was on the phone with 911 Ofc. P. Diddy and I (Diaz) kept talking to Ms.Janet. Ms.Janet had told us she was walking from carter store when she trip on her own foot and fell she believes it was her own shoes being loose that cause her to fall.Laurel Volunteer Rescue Squad came and took Ms.Janet to laurel hospital..

I could hardly keep my leg from jittering as I waited on my steps, the day that seemed to take forever to arrive was finally here. A tradition of day-long excursions filled with my cousin’s uncontrollable goofiness and my affinity for enabling it, that we dorkily nicknamed “Mari-Mandi Fridays.” The moment his car arrived my body seemed to propel itself into the front seat. We have been known to get into odd situations but nothing could have prepared me for the events of this night. After a few hours of my painful renditions of “Broadways’s Greatest Hits” punctuated by his pleas for an ending and laughing until our heads hurt he surprised me with tickets to my school’s homecoming game, something I mentioned in fleeting conversation weeks

I interviewed Gaia Yi on November 9, 2015 after I scheduled an interview with her. She is currently a sophomore, majoring in Economics and Political Science at UCLA. Gaia is from Irvine. She pledged Alpha Phi Omega last Spring, Alpha Nu term. Her Big is Thu Mai. They are part of the Phi family. Gaia is really busy this quarter since she is also joining a women philanthropy organization on campus. She is currently a Residential Assistant in Rieber Hall on the fifth floor. Gaia is also in my economics 2 class along with Tina Ngo and Szu Chen Lee. She recommended me not to take economics 11 next quarter since the professor has a bad reputation. We decided to take economics 41 together next quarter instead. We can suffer together. We attended

I Emily Hinduri, was once a ecstatic young lady, with an exultant family around me. Days back then were always jubilant and extremely buoyant. I could've never felt any more elated! But...that's not all. Although I was very euphoric in life, I also had my arcane moments of grim and anxiety. Ever since the death of a young handsome blithe boy I loved. I admired the way he spent every day of his life working hard just like a impenetrable rock he was. I loved the young fellow dearly and so did he love me too. Ever since his death, I've seen it as my own fault. We had a tremendous argument over nothing well a catastrophe that I put myself into and pleaded him for help but he told me many times how to get myself out of the situation. However I

One time in my life that I felt completely lost and alone was in 8th grade. I would definitely say that it was nowhere near as impactful as Siddhartha's experience, but it still was an interesting time. I was going to a new school and didn't know anyone else that attended. It was the last year before high school, I had just moved to a new town and felt very anxious. Not only were the people and staff different, but the whole way the school functioned was different. At my previous school, there were 2 teachers for each kid and they each would teach 2 subjects. I didn't have a choice of what classes I would take and didn't even imagine having 6 teachers. The first day I went, I remember being very withdrawn from other people and not wanting to

Have you ever felt robbed of a childhood? At the age of six, I was placed into the DYFS system. I moved from house to house, not really having the chance to grow up like normal children. I didn’t get to experience things such as ; asking my older sister advice on boys, learning how to cook grandma’s favorite recipe, or going on family vacation to Disney world . I worked hard to get where I am right now. My experiences have made me of who I am today , my story will tell you my background, where I came from and why my application is incomplete without it.