...The last run” There I was the last few seconds of the game, it was my turn to kick. And I ran up there as they pitched a fastball. I slammed it out into the field and i started running toward first base .they were bringing it in. Well I was running to second base I twisted my ankle. However then I thought to myself what if I don't complete the task .They won't be happy with me, maybe, I should have practiced last night I regret it. all I did was sit around. and ride my bike. But I didn't practice. I wonder what I would have done if I could flash back in time to go practice instead of riding my bike. But then I made it to second base. When I twisted my ankle it hurt so bad. I thought I wouldn't make it, i'd get tagged out, but I kept...
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...You Run? Everyone else on the volleyball team groaned; shoulders drooped while court shoes and ankle braces were sluggishly untied. I, on the other hand, fought to maintain a poker face: I was excited. Our coach’s methods were questioned more than once when her team had to run a timed mile every day. I finished in six minutes and thirty seconds-- And so my love affair with running began. Besides volleyball, a few key events and the nature of my upbringing steered me toward running. This includes the privilege of being brought up on a farm, a basketball injury, and an exceptional cross country coach. Discovering a passion for running unveiled the bedrock of my personality. Growing up on a farm developed my work ethic. I have baled hay, rescued and nursed frostbitten calves, and yes, shoveled manure on Christmas Eve. Being raised in such a home, with parents who juggle the demanding responsibilities of medical practices with the farm, has taught me the importance of respect, lending a helping hand, accepting the natural course of life through birth and death, and working hard to put the needs of the farm before my own. Working hard has not only allowed me to push myself in academics but in athletics, as...
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...Run The wind blows through the grass in the ditch, making waves similar to the ocean’s. Water droplets glitter in the sunlight, hanging on to the edges of each blade of grass. Birds chirp in the trees, some on the ground looking for food, others build a nest out of soft hay, resembling a puppy’s fur. With each stride, the ends of my shoelaces whip my ankles. My dog, Sam, runs along with me. In his mind, every square inch has to be explored. Up ahead, we see a flock of geese. Sam lunges toward the fowl, in an attempt to catch one. When jumping and weaving through each chopped, dry corn stock, he resembles a rabbit. His job is done, so he returns back to my side, ready to attack anything that moves. Every time that my foot lands, the gravel grinds under my shoe. My thighs and calves burn, feet numb, I push through. I tell myself that I can do...
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...Run. Run. Run. Out through the school doors I go. I bash through every obstacle that I come across. As I run, like it is the life of me, I appreciate the crisp air that gives me goosebumps, the crunchy butterscotch and crimson leaves that easily drop to the sidewalk, and the peculiar ghouls and ghost mannequins that haunt the front steps. … I can’t stop running. Halloween is tonight and I am being a ghost. Why am I being a ghost? My mom says everyone will love my costume. Who does not want to be a ghost? I am a few blocks away. I can start to see my street. I don’t stop running; I am impatient to get home, eat dinner, wear my costume, and get candy. After school, my mom is making me my favorite dish on my favorite day of the year! Baked chicken ziti with eggplant and broccoli. My mouth waters as I think about the smooth texture of the creamy pasta and the chicken full of fresh flavor. I am a cat, zooming between your feet, to get your attention to feed me....
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...On 03/05/17, at 7:41pm, I Deputy Warden N. Christian was dispatched to 7737 Solomen Run Driver on a possible nuisance dog, owner known. Deputy Warden W. Jones and I arrived on scene and talked to complainant Louis Worrellia. Mr. Worrellia stated that he and his wife were walking on the sidewalk near 1149 Barlowe Run Drive when a black and white pit bull broke out the wooden fence in the backyard of that location. The dog came charging at Mr. Worrellia and his wife. Mr. Worrellia feeling threaten grab the dog and put the dog on the ground. As Mr. Worrellia was detaining the first dog a second black and white pit bull tried to come out of the backyard. Dog owners exited their house and retrieved their dog. Mr. Worrellia sustained no injuries....
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...CLRC Writing Center Structure of a Personal Narrative Essay “Narrative” is a term more commonly known as “story.” Narratives written for college or personal narratives, tell a story, usually to some point, to illustrate some truth or insight. Following are some tools to help you structure your personal narrative, breaking it down into parts. The “Hook” Start your paper with a statement about your story that catches the reader’s attention, for example: a relevant quotation, question, fact, or definition. Introduction Set the Scene Provide the information the reader will need to understand the story: Who are the major characters? When and where is it taking place? Is it a story about something that happened to you, the writer, or is it fiction? Thesis Statement The thesis of a narrative essay plays a slightly different role than that of an argument or expository essay. A narrative thesis can begin the events of the story: “It was sunny and warm out when I started down the path”; offer a moral or lesson learned: “I’ll never hike alone again”; or identify a theme that connects the story to a universal experience: “Journeys bring both joy and hardship.” “Show, Don’t Tell” Good story telling includes details and descriptions that help the reader understand what the writer experienced. Think about using all five senses—not just the sense of sight—to add details about what you heard, saw, and felt during the event. For example, “My heart jumped as the dark ...
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...CLRC Writing Center Structure of a Personal Narrative Essay “Narrative” is a term more commonly known as “story.” Narratives written for college or personal narratives, tell a story, usually to some point, to illustrate some truth or insight. Following are some tools to help you structure your personal narrative, breaking it down into parts. The “Hook” Start your paper with a statement about your story that catches the reader’s attention, for example: a relevant quotation, question, fact, or definition. Set the Scene Provide the information the reader will need to understand the story: Who are the major characters? When and where is it taking place? Is it a story about something that happened to you, the writer, or is it fiction? Thesis Statement The thesis of a narrative essay plays a slightly different role than that of an argument or expository essay. A narrative thesis can begin the events of the story: “It was sunny and warm out when I started down the path”; offer a moral or lesson learned: “I’ll never hike alone again”; or identify a theme that connects the story to a universal experience: “Journeys bring both joy and hardship.” “Show, Don’t Tell” Good story telling includes details and descriptions that help the reader understand what the writer experienced. Think about using all five senses—not just the sense of sight—to add details about what you heard, saw, and felt during the event. For example, “My heart jumped as the dark shape of the brown grizzly lurched...
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...It means that an ill person is telling his story through someone else’s perspective and observation. (Charise, 2015) Winakur’s love in the time of dementia determines the chaos narrative, which is a type of illness narrative that is used to explain and understand the ill person’s story from his perspective. Additionally, Winakur used figurative language to explain how a person with dementia feels and experiences as well as how his family suffer from his illness that has no cure. Likewise, diseases and the experiences of illness are frequently explained using metaphor. Winakur used a metaphor to describe Leonard’s journey, “the story of his life unfolds page by page. Her voice (his wife and caregiver), his story, spills into the tangled interstices of his mind” (Jones et al., 2014, p. 307). This metaphor demonstrates direct comparison of lived experiences of Leonard’s illness and that is how the readers can understand his disability and...
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...Africa through Theatre This paper sets out to explore how processes of theatre making employed by The Mothertongue project, provide spaces for women to remap their personal narratives. Mothertongue works from the premise that the development and subsequent performance of stories in theatrical processes affords women the opportunity to re-write and remap their personal narratives and in so doing insert their voices into the landscape of South African Theatre. In an attempt to redress the gender imbalances and androcentricism prevalent in post-apartheid theatre, this paper speaks to the relationship between theatre, liminality and communitas. I am interested in unpacking how collaborative processes of theatre-making provide spaces for women to remap their personal narratives. Remapping in this instance refers to processes of transforming lived experience through story. I address how, through engaging in ritual activities that are central to the stories performed, actors, audiences and the owners of the source stories are invited to physically participate in remapping and transforming lived experience. Linked to this is the choice of form(s) and how this affects or impacts on the performed stories as well as on the construction of performed rituals and ultimately on the processes of remapping personal narratives. I focus specifically on Mothertongue’s 2004 production, Uhambo: pieces of a dream. The production was an integration of theatre and visual art in the form of performances...
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...Catalysts act on obstacles an individual faces which assists in overcoming personal and social boundaries. This is significant as it induces growth and transitions which bring new insights and understandings about themselves, others and the world around them. The bildungsroman novel “The story of Tom Brennan” written by J.C Burke and the speech ‘From Death Row To Law Graduate’ by Peter Ouko both follow the transitions of young men who face personal and social boundaries, challenging beliefs and attitudes of both protagonists and the situations they are in resulting in growth and new perceptions. An individual’s personal and social boundaries have an impact on the perceptions of themselves, others and the world around them. The ‘Story Of Tom Brennan’...
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...Realistically, a petty decision such as this seems almost inconsequential in the grand scheme of one’s entire life. Is there some sort consequential impression upon one’s future from the outcome of one decision? Perhaps the CYOA structure highlights the causal structures and limited paths that the character is forced into by this decision and eliminating the others from the equation. The CYOA structure elevates the novel from a normal, active linear reading of textual narrative to one characterized by Dovey and Kennedy as an interactive experience. Dovey and Kennedy assign the audience the role of “users” rather than “viewers” or “readers” due to the particular way the media is played with (Dovey and Kennedy). The interactive processes through...
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...researchers believes that students, particularly secondary school student will be benefited from the findings of this study since the study provides basis for awareness and better understanding of how their current study habits affected their academic performance. Likewise gives them a more focused and clear perspective on how the specific behaviors related toothier studies influenced study habits. Narrative Report The National Teachers College Quiapo, Manila Nacorda, Rustienne P. Sat 7:00am-10:00am NSTP2 11/14/15 This day, before the class proceeded at the recruitment of each group’s clients. Mr. San Gregorio gave us the calendar of activities. Then after instructing us on what to do in the designated baranggay, our group started the recruitment. We have talked to their parents to see if they will allow their son/daughter to attend our weekly immersion. We now have 6 clients in our group. Rustienne P. Nacorda Narrative Report The National Teachers College Quiapo, Manila Nacorda, Rustienne P. Sat 7:00am-10:00am NSTP2...
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...In Maus: A Survivor’s Tale, Art Spiegelman presents not only his father’s Holocaust narrative but also his own personal narrative, especially with regards to his relationship with Vladek. Readers learn that Artie and Vladek do not always get along, and there is a palpable tension between them. Vladek seems frugal and argumentative, while Artie appears self-centered and uncaring. In both cases, the characters’ faults are not glossed over. They are portrayed realistically, with positive and negative traits on full display. These portrayals accomplish two different goals for Spiegelman: one, they emphasize Artie’s interest in accuracy as opposed to sentimentality, and two, they allow the audience to discover Artie’s own personal trauma—namely,...
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...Video games today have evolved from the basic structures of Pong and Space Invaders to have complex and film-like narratives. In many ways, games and film are very similar. Despite the similarities, how do video games approach storytelling differently than film, and does this affect the audience? The critical difference between storytelling in games and movies is how each medium engages its audience. Games transform the simple observer to a grand director. With active engagement, versus passive engagement, follows a number of other differences, including interaction, variable outcome, and player agency. The horror game Until Dawn is an applicable example of how the active engagement makes a game stand out from horror films with its outstanding...
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...which opportunities they'll pursue and which they'll decline, rather than simply reacting to emergencies, leaders can and do engage meaningfully with work, family, and community. They've discovered through hard experience that prospering in the senior ranks is a matter of carefully combining work and home so as not to lose themselves, their loved ones, or their foothold on success. Those who do this most effectively involve their families in work decisions and activities. They also vigilantly manage their own human capital, endeavoring to give both work and home their due over a period of years, not weeks or days. That's how the 21st century business leaders in our research said they reconcile their professional and personal lives. In this article we draw on five years’ worth of interviews with almost 4,000 executives worldwide, conducted by students at Harvard Business School, and a survey of 82 executives in an HBS leadership course. Deliberate choices don't guarantee complete control. Life sometimes takes over, whether it's a parent's dementia or a teenager's car accident. But many of the executives we've studied men and women alike have sustained their momentum during such challenges while staying connected to their families. Their stories and advice reflect five main themes: defining success for yourself, managing technology, building support networks at work and at home, traveling or relocating selectively, and collaborating with your...
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