Personal Narrative: The Future Of America

perspective, and you’ll see that this isn’t the case. America is not the land of the free. Technology may have advanced, but socially, we’ve remained stagnant. Some of our citizens are still shackled by the ties of racial and sexual inequality, and freedom is something they long desperately to grasp. America was founded by those courageous enough to claim their independence and freedom. Their legacy has allowed the America we know today-- the America whose population is now 13% first-generation immigrants

During my high school years I’ve joined a club called Future Farmers of America which I really had gotten involved with for three and a half years. This being my first time in a club I found myself to be really busy throughout my school time, not only busy but I loved being part of that group. The reason why I loved that group was because there were judging teams and livestock teams that I was really good at. Rite before my senior year was about to be over I decided to leave school for good only

oxygen to yell for help over the blaring beat. The crack in my knee shattered my perception and split my world in half. It was August 23rd, 2015, and I had just arrived to the long yellow bus that would haul all state qualifiers to the Future Business Leaders of America state convention in Vail, Colorado. I watched the small town I grew to love fade in the horizon behind me, as i was trading it for a weekend of competition, business seminars, and fun with my friends. After three hours,

Last spring, I was in Hershey Park, going on rides with my friends and having what was supposed to be the best time of my life with the Future Business Leaders of America club. For pictures, I smiled, but there was this nagging guilt inside of me. I tried to quell it. I told myself that I should be happy. I made it to the state level again, and I might make it to the national level again, too. Even so, I could not be sadder. When I arrived back at the hotel, I opened Skype on my netbook. After a

into the safety of the North, where he achieves the ultimate dream of the southern slave: freedom. He overcomes his struggles with his identity and knowledge of his past. In his Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, the cruelty and inhumane ways of slaveholders are depicted in their truest forms through the personal accounts of Frederick Douglass. Douglass is fearful of having to stay as a slave for life and experiences different work under the several masters he served. When Sophia Auld, the

Narrative inquiry is a methodology that focuses on individuals’ stories because everyone has a story to tell from their own perspective and experiences (Clandinin & Connelly, 2000; Clandinin & Rosiek, 2006). However, this type of methodology has been used and revised over time. One of the earliest examples of narrative inquiry is The Polish Peasant in Europe and America (Thomas & Znaniecki, 1918/1927). In this study, Thomas and Znaniecki (1918/1927) paid Wladek Wisniewski—the Polish immigrant—to

The border between the United States of America and Mexico always had been always a theme for a lot of discussions. And, in the book “Sunshine/Noir II” Juanita Lopez and Michael Cheno described, through texts, their point of view about the topic. Both authors represent that the control of the border has become way more restrict and militarized. In that sense, Michael Wickert presents his idea in a poem form, text named “The border Is a Fight”, that describes the dramas of a Mexican family that has

The Theme of Inequality There are various major themes in “The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass”. One of the most prominent themes in the book is inequality. The theme is dominant due to its real values in the institution of slavery. The theme not only regularly appears in the narrative but is in so many ways interconnected with other themes such as education. Inequality is the most dominant in the narrative. Douglass attempts to reveal how the African American slaves are just like

and How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents       America is a country that was created and settled by immigrants from many different lands. These immigrants came to America in search of the "American Dream" of freedom and a better way of life, and their narratives have been recorded by various authors in both fiction and non-fiction stories. But can the fiction genre be considered a reliable source for studying the immigrant narrative? If American immigrant literature is to be used as a reliable

Crevecoeur Benjamin Franklin, and Hannah Foster. These authors represent different perspectives on American issues, ranging from revolutionary era america, women’s rights, and also establishing a set of values that represent the American Identity. At a time where the new world