Personal Narrative: My Trip To America
"I don't know what to do. I have a husband and my family here, but the Nazis are taking power. I don't know if I can stay here any longer. I have heard about good things happening in America, so maybe I will go there," I explained to my family before I decided to leave my home country of Austria. This was really what I thought. I loved my family and I didn't want to leave them, but I was sick of being scared every second of my life. I was proud of being who I was, and I wouldn't wait for the Nazis to take that away from me. My goodbye to my family involved many tears and hugs. I was sad to go, but I was ready to start my new life. So there I was, on a ship to America feeling anxious, excited, scared, and so many more emotions that words can't describe.
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I did spend much of my time in this room; it was my way to get away from the Hollywood world. "It's just what I like to do," I responded to my son, a bit mad that he asked me. It was just something I did to make the world better. I was doing this on the side of starring in movies, as a hobby. During this time, I was called "the most beautiful woman in the world." This did not change the fact that I thought about my home and the Nazis gaining more and more power. I wished there was some way for me to help. Since I was famous, I went to many special dinner parties. I went to what I thought was just another dinner party, with my friend George Antheil. It turned out it wasn't just any ordinary Hollywood dinner party, it gave me a great way to help defeat the Nazis. My idea would help steer torpedoes. Who would've thought that I got my idea from player pianos! I thought that if player pianos could change notes simultaneously, so could radio signals that were controlling torpedoes. During this, the transmitter and the receiver would hop at the same time. This way, someone who was trying to jam the signal wouldn't know where it
I did spend much of my time in this room; it was my way to get away from the Hollywood world. "It's just what I like to do," I responded to my son, a bit mad that he asked me. It was just something I did to make the world better. I was doing this on the side of starring in movies, as a hobby. During this time, I was called "the most beautiful woman in the world." This did not change the fact that I thought about my home and the Nazis gaining more and more power. I wished there was some way for me to help. Since I was famous, I went to many special dinner parties. I went to what I thought was just another dinner party, with my friend George Antheil. It turned out it wasn't just any ordinary Hollywood dinner party, it gave me a great way to help defeat the Nazis. My idea would help steer torpedoes. Who would've thought that I got my idea from player pianos! I thought that if player pianos could change notes simultaneously, so could radio signals that were controlling torpedoes. During this, the transmitter and the receiver would hop at the same time. This way, someone who was trying to jam the signal wouldn't know where it