Personal Narrative-My Way Of Living In America
Suspended in a place outside of time and space, I stand gazing at a seemingly never ending row of food laid out on the beautifully set dark cherry table. From the doorway to the dining room, three strong knocks swivel my head to the front of the cottage: an arched wooden door waits patiently to be opened.
Squinting into the sun, I discern four people of varying shapes and sizes standing in front of the door. Each one chosen in an attempt to achieve a range of geographical location, time periods, ways of life, economic standing, age, gender, and experience through major world events. Stepping to the side, I greet each of my selected guests as they enter.
Our dinner party consists of myself: a teenager from 2017 with limited life experience, living a comfortable life with my family and dog in the sixth best place to live in America. Also, I lived through America’s first black president - Barack Obama - as well as the controversy over his successor, Donald Trump. I shake hands with the first person. Also from 2017, she is the most elderly of the group with the lowest economic standing. She lives in a small rural village in the African country Togo, and enters wearing a …show more content…
The meaning of life is a widely contested subject and varies so greatly for each individual base on their personal experiences. To hear each guest’s own perspective on an the significance of individual lives was fascinating. The answers and interpretations varied greatly, yet somehow came back to either self-preservation or love for all. Two conflicting concepts which manage to coexist as human’s main goals. My guests were selected not only for their difference in circumstances and life experiences, but also for my personal inability to guess their response to the night’s topic. The meaning of life is one of life’s greatest mysteries, a mystery left up to each individual to discover and decide the solution for
Squinting into the sun, I discern four people of varying shapes and sizes standing in front of the door. Each one chosen in an attempt to achieve a range of geographical location, time periods, ways of life, economic standing, age, gender, and experience through major world events. Stepping to the side, I greet each of my selected guests as they enter.
Our dinner party consists of myself: a teenager from 2017 with limited life experience, living a comfortable life with my family and dog in the sixth best place to live in America. Also, I lived through America’s first black president - Barack Obama - as well as the controversy over his successor, Donald Trump. I shake hands with the first person. Also from 2017, she is the most elderly of the group with the lowest economic standing. She lives in a small rural village in the African country Togo, and enters wearing a …show more content…
The meaning of life is a widely contested subject and varies so greatly for each individual base on their personal experiences. To hear each guest’s own perspective on an the significance of individual lives was fascinating. The answers and interpretations varied greatly, yet somehow came back to either self-preservation or love for all. Two conflicting concepts which manage to coexist as human’s main goals. My guests were selected not only for their difference in circumstances and life experiences, but also for my personal inability to guess their response to the night’s topic. The meaning of life is one of life’s greatest mysteries, a mystery left up to each individual to discover and decide the solution for