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Personal Narrative Analysis

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After skipping school, which became habitual for me, I would wake up and walk into my grandparent’s kitchen. When I wanted to fake being sick, I would always stay at their house because my grandmother was ok with me playing hooky. She would question me asking, “Why do you feel sickly” or “Why are you staying home?” This usually was returned with the proper response, “My head hurts.” I did this with the intention she wouldn’t find out whether I was actually sick or not. After two hours or so, she usually had it figured out. My only worry was the dread of my grandfather coming home for lunch to reprimand me for skipping school. I was not worried about myself because there happened to be a competition waiting at the house when my grandfather arrived. …show more content…

Reading books was never my expertise in high school but my grandfather required that I read books he deemed necessary for a boy to read. These included books like: The Jungle Book, The Narnia Series, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Even though I hated reading, I understood it was necessary to be successful in life and I did it anyway. My grandfather is the only reason I ever read books because I always wanted to grow up to be like him. He often reads different books every day varying from books on religion to history books about the great men of this country. As a Head Engineer for a company in our town called Taylor Machine Works, he has always been a diligent worker. Whenever I would visit him in his office, it was not uncommon for his employees to come up to me and tell me what a great man he was and how lucky I was to have him as a grandfather. This made me feel like I had to live up to the blessing that God had given me. He is the reason I am who I am today. My grandfather is also the reason I am going through college. He has always pushed me to be the best I can be. I always thought that it wasn’t necessary for me to know English or how to write a paper because I was going to become a salesman, although I am now realizing that my grandfather wanted me to read to gain knowledge outside of scholastics. Knowledge on how to live life to the fullest, how to be a man, and how to stand up for what is right. These traits cannot be obtained from gaining a degree. These are the characteristics I must learn for myself and are now the main priority in my

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