Personal Narrative: Worth The Stereotypes

1. It made me so INDESCRIBABLY HAPPY. If you know me you know that more often than not I don’t read SUPER happy books. I always seem to be drawn to the books that break me, destroy my life, elicit intense feelings or that tackle tough topics. But Simon made me realize how wonderful it IS to read a book that makes you feel giddy and slaps a goofy grin on your face. How FEELSY it can be. How warm and fuzzy feelings can be just as intense and legit as stab-your-heart-fifty-times type books can be. Reading Simon was like

I was born and raised in the small but growing city of Perris, CA. This isn’t the best city out there but it tends to grow on you, and you begin to truly love it for what it is. The people, however, not so much. The community can vary from which part of the city you’re in. That’s because there’s diversity here in Perris. I’m a product of this diversity, being half Mexican and half African American. My parents fell in love after high school and later on began a family. I am the youngest of five. I have two older brothers, an older sister, and an older cousin who lives with us. The order is boy, girl, boy, boy, girl with my cousin being included in there too. We all live in the same house with my parents and are quite close with each other. They all seem to have raised me growing up due to the fact that my parents were busy trying to provide for us. This was a challenge by itself, resulting in lots of house moving and my father being unemployed for six years after losing his job. I never complained about moving because I knew that my parents were doing their absolute best and were working with all that they had and then some. This unquestionably made me adaptable to new environments and gave me a

It’s interesting watching each character develop for better or worse, especially the father who continues to incite the same emotion from you throughout the whole story until the end as well as the oldest daughter. But as much as you remember they are just characters in a book, you know that there are people out there that share the views as these close-minded characters. There are moments when I wanted to scream, cry and just throw the book across the room because of certain events that occurred, but I could not turn the book

Over my years of school, one big influence on me has always been sports. Ever since a young age, I have always enjoyed playing and watching sports. In my four years in high school, I have fell in love with the sport of lacrosse.

I woke up and took one bite out of my pop tart but that one bite was all I could eat. My legs were shaking, and my heart was pounding. My dad told me, “It is a true honor to even make it this far so go out there and have some fun.” Once I heard this statement, I knew I was ready to go. I arrived at school and boarded the bus. The car ride was an hour and fifteen minutes of hearing the squeaking of the wheel on the bus. My teammates were getting their heads ready for the big game.

Simon is the christ figue of the book, referred to as peace maker, overseer, and truth teller. We constantly see him helping and being reasonable. He is the one that truly understands what and who the beast truly is,not some scary sea monster but the evil that is within everyone. Hes loyal to Ralph as god is to humans. “Softly , surrounded by a fringe of inquisitive bright creatures itself a silver shape beneath the steadfast constellations , simon's dead body went out toward the open sea.” (LOTF) THe sliver creatures was a halo as angels have as a christ figure dies and depicted is taken back by the earth. Simon never was just a little boy lost on an island he was so much more. Although Piggy was smart he did not understand things the way simon did and probably never could have. Early in the novel we see him tell ralph that he is gonna make it through alright, he didn't say we will make it out alright he said you will, how did he know Ralph would live and he wouldn't be so fortunate. How did he understand the help he gave Ralph with building the huts was important, or that the real beast wasn't an animal. SImon was a truly impressive character that depicted much more than just a kid with epilepsy and a knack for siting in a grove. He himself although written by golding made it make sense to us the meaning of humanity against

Of course the norm for me is that of any citizen living in zone three.

The social norm I broke is making too much eye contact, or staring excessively, at my teachers. While sitting in class, I stared at my teachers more than I stared at my paper or looked around the classroom. It is usually normal for students to stare down at their desks and not look at the teacher a lot.

I grew up as one of the hardest things to commit to, black and alternative. My meaning of alternative is being interested in goth fashion and heavy metal music. From what I was told, being black is listening to hip-hop and dressing like everyone else around them or what is the social norm. Clearly, my definition of alterative is contrasting on what it means to be “black.” I say it's hard to commit because coming from a closed black family, I felt pressed to let go of what I felt about myself just to make them happy. Questions like, ‘’Why are you trying so hard to be different?’’ or ‘’Who told you that was okay?’’ Still replay in my head whenever I decide to wear something that I would feel most comfortable in. Not long ago, I got into an arguement

William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies examines the moral, cognitive, and behavioral characteristics of a group of boys as they are stranded on a desolate island in the heat of war. Through a series of situations and escalating conflicts, each character’s true inner identities are brought to the surface. Each identity signifies a universal truth about human nature, and, though each chapter, messages are hinted through each character’s words, beliefs, and behaviors. A significant number of the novel’s key themes and messages can be traced to one of four boys. Each boy experiences significant development and change, which supports the novel’s overarching ideas.

In my opinion, this planner is a very accurate representation of what Simon’s day would consist of on a regular basis. Simon is a regular high school student with an irregular life. When a popular boy finds out that Simon is gay through reading his emails with another unknown student, he blackmails him. Martin, a very well-known person in their high school, took screenshots of the emails and says that he will tell people that Simon is gay, unless Simon helps him get a girl.

There were lots of situations in the story related to things that happen with my family. In the book, when Greg goes to sleep he has some of the same dreams I have. When Greg spends the night with Rowley or talks with Rowley, I can relate because I always spends time with my friends. I can also relate

I’m fourteen years old. I was born on October 10, 2000 in Miami Florida. As a little kid I remember my childhood being fun. I always hung out and played with the boys. I was such a tomboy back then. Anyways, I was always outside or playing my GameCube or game boy. Till this day, I’m still playing some sort of game. As I got older, I always wanted things to be fair, was nice, loved drawing, loved helping people, and was somewhat quiet. I was pretty horrible at things too, like, cooking, dancing, being mad at people, and bad at jokes.

I was a Clace fan before this book, I absolutely loved Jace and Clary together, I just thought Climon was wrong and I just didn't like them together. Fallen Angels was already pulling me to Climon, but this book broke me. I think I feel this way because Simon shows his feelings for Clary and doesn't feel awkward about them like in the other book which he actually liked Clary, but now they are shown as friends allowing him to still care about her but in a different way. Simon still would die for Clary, but he can actually show it now and not hide

When I was 9, my dad committed suicide. My brain filled with questions about life and death that not even the adults could answer. At that age, I was also exploring my gender and identity, and the absence of guidance made me feel lost. With a pencil in hand, I drew an escape, beginning to create my own universe, where I decide who lived, who died, and with concrete answers to the questions. In high school, I transitioned from paper to a tablet, create digital art and animations. Almost all of my work is centered around the universe I have created. Over the years, I accumulated a complex cast of over fifty characters, each one a thread interwoven with others to form a quilted story. Every single character is on paper somewhere in my room. Looking at them by myself, I was comfortable, but showing them to others, I was vulnerable and my chest split open to unveil this unfamiliar figure that I didn’t know or understand.