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Narrative On Terrorism
Narrative On Terrorism
There have been occurrences of some major natural disasters over the recent times, this have had great impact on families and lives of many people. The event that has had a great impact to me is the recent occurrence of the September 11 terrorist attacks. These events made headlines in media all over the world in newspapers as well as television got an in depth detail of the occurrence that had a great impact on me ,I failed to understand how terrorists could be so evil to an extent of planning to attack innocent citizens.
This were a series of f our suicide attacks that were coordinated upon the United states in the New York city and Washington DC.terrorists hijacked passenger jets, and intentionally flew two of them into the North and south towers of the World Trade complex in the New York leaving behind two collapsed towers in a matter of two hours can only imagine the distress and panic those innocent passengers were feeling when the hijackers took control of the planes. The collapsing of the towers was just but the beginning; the debris from this collapsing building fell onto other surrounding buildings and even initiated fires in those buildings. This resulted to collapse either partially or completely of this surrounding buildings in the complex. The debris also caused damage to ten other large structures in the immediate area. The third hijacked jet was intentionally crashed into the pentagon; however in the fourth jet the passengers made attempts to take control of the jet from the hijackers though it proved difficult and they ended up crashing in a field in Pennsylvania. This attack had a very big impact to the economy as well as the lives of citizens in America. Many people died from these attacks and many people were left in great trauma after the attack.
I can only imagine what was running thorough the minds of the passengers and crew members as they made attempts to make phone calls from the aircraft using the air phone service and mobile phones when they were attempting to provide details of there being hijackers aboard in the planes. The people on board had endured tear gas; pepper spray and other were even stabbed to death. This was a very bad situation to be in to see flight attendants, pilots and even fellow passengers being killed by the hijackers at the watch of others. It was also very devastating for the people in the buildings that the planes crashed into or other nearby structures as they were caught unawares. They made frantic attempts to save their lives from the fires and most of them died from jumping or falling from this building as they landed on the streets and roof tops of buildings that were hundreds of feet below. Other attempted to go to roofs of those building with the hope that they would be rescued by helicopters though their efforts did not bear nay fruit as the roof access roads were locked.
All this details were all over the media and really impacted me. Could only but try and put myself in the situation and try to imagine what this people felt at that point. They saw they were facing their death and they could do absolutely nothing about it. This made me think about taking a course in disaster management and counseling. With the relevant knowledge on how to treat people in disaster situations then I will be in a position to handle victims incase any disaster occurs and now how I would counsel the people in such situations. Victims in disasters should be handled with great care since they are traumatized hence the special care. Therefore with my knowledge from disaster management and counseling without no doubt will be of great importance to me as I try to help those victims as I have been really touched from the occurrence of disasters through time.
Narrative essay on The Inevitable Ambition
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The Inevitable Ambition
I have never been happy in my life as I was this past Tuesday. Last Tuesday was the period I have been anxiously waiting for ever since I was young. The experience was breathtaking and unforgettable. My dream of visiting Congress finally came to pass. My desire to visit and familiarize myself with the functioning’s of Congress boiled inside me for many years. My ambition of becoming the senator of my home state began when I was young. Last Tuesday marked a culmination of a dream that began so many years ago.
I grew up in the suburbans of Chicago, Illinois in a middle class neighborhood. The experiences of my elementary and high school education were horrendous and traumatizing in equal measure. My parents still could not afford my education fees despite the subsidization by the state and the federal governments. I spent most my time in home as my education fee was a huge stumbling block. Through good will and God’s fate, I managed to complete my senior high school education. My grades were high throughout my high school education even though I faced many hurdles. This made me win many well wishers who helped pay my high school fees.
According to Anushevsky, (2011), education system in our country contributes significantly to the inequity issues that the country faces. State funding for local district schools varies immensely with the neighborhood. Schools in rich neighborhoods receive huge funding s than schools from poor or middle class areas. As a result, schools in rich areas have better and modern facilities than schools in poor neighborhoods. Students from such schools perform far better and have high college enrollment rates than students from low class areas. Students from high class neighborhoods easily gain employment than their counterparts in low class regions further increasing the disparity between the social classes in the country.
These problems that I faced during my high school education shaped my desire. These problems made me realize that our education system needs urgent reforms. Surely urgent measures must be taken to cure our ailing education sector. These experiences spurred the ambition of becoming a senator in me. The sense that something needs to be done in my state and the country as a whole has never been this clearer to me. I decided to become a senator because in my opinion, it is Congress that can help cure this ailing sector.
My visit to Congress was enthusiastic because of my childhood desires. A feeling of personal satisfaction swept through me when I walked past the senate’s security checks. I looked at some of the recent acts passed by Congress in the Congress library. This visitation enabled me to familiarize with the rules and guidelines of Congress. This institution that was once a mystery to me is now very familiar to me. The visit is inspiring to me because I met some senators during tea and lunch breaks. Sharing my opinions with some of the senators is fulfilling and inspirational. The staffs provided me with a list of all senators which I humbly carried home. Other documents such as previous recorded sessions will for many years remain souvenir of my visitation.
My dream of becoming a senator to help fix our education system is yet to come. This visitation enhanced my belief and ambition. Achieving this dream will take long to come by. The education system needs urgent reforms which must not only be pegged on my ambition. The current leaders should pursue appropriate measures to cure our education system. My desire still remains to be among those confident leaders who will fix the education sector.
References
Anushevsky, R. (2011). Improving education in the US: A political paradox. New York: Algora Pub.
Narrative essay Prompt
Narrative essay Prompt
In addition to a purpose and a story with a beginning, middle, and end, good narrative essays share other qualities, as well:
Action (Something happens!)
Conflict (There is some kind of problem or challenge.)
Resolution (The problem is solved, or the challenge is overcome. Sometimes, the resolution might be that the narrator has failed to solve the problem or overcome the challenge. The conflict must be resolved one way or the other.)
Consistent Point-of-View (Use first person or third person — I or he/she — not both. A first person narrative would be you, the writer, telling a story that happened to you. A third person narrative would be you telling a story that happened to someone else.)
Description (Set the scene to make the story come alive for your readers. Use some of the five senses or figurative language.)
Dialogue (Quote what people actually said in your story. Providing dialogue makes for a more vivid story than simply summarizing what was said. Dialogue reveals character.)
Including enough details:
Narratives, like other types of writing need rich, specific details if they are to be convincing.
Each detail should help to create a picture for the reader
Even exact times, dates, and locations (places) can be helpful.
Many narratives present events in their exact order, moving from first event to last.
When you write a narrative essay, you must be careful to keep verb tenses consistent and accurate so that your readers can follow the sequence of events.
Using transitions (connecting words or phrases help link events in time, enabling narratives to flow smoothly.
Directions: Tell us what happened one day in your life that you will never forget.
1. The essay must be at least two pages, and each paragraph must have at least five sentences
2. Use 12 fonts, double space, Times New Roman.
3. Give a title to your essay.
4. Your thesis should be the last sentence of the introduction.
5. For any secondary source you used, give MLA style citation in a Works Cited page.
6. Make sure that in every paragraph, the minimum number of sentences should be five.
7. Use appropriate transition words and phrases (and, but, because, however, etc.)
8. When you are done writing the essay, drop it in the Dropbox (click on ASSIGNMENT) and bring hard copy to class.
Narrative Essay Outline: (optional)
Introduction
Thesis: Event to be narrated
II. Event or division #1
Support topic
1.Specific support
2. Specific support
Support topic
Support topic
Support topic
III. Event or division #2
Support topic
Specific support
Specific support
Support topic
Specific topic
Specific topic
etc.
In narration, have a point in mind (the point of the story)
A beginning- middle– and an end
Tell the story from a consistent point of view – 1st person or 3rd person story telling
– Think about what the story means to you.
– Did you learn something through the experience?
– What would you like the reader to learn by reading your story?
-What feeling or attitude would you like the reader to have about the story you are
telling?
*Write down what happened first, second, third, etc. Try not to leave out anything the reader will need to understand the story.
*Try to divide the action into major blocks.
*Try to describe the people involved accurately & colorfully.
*Try to make the feelings, you experienced at different times, clear to the reader.
Narration Thesis samples
*My car accident was the most terrifying experience of my life.
*Our family’s Christmas vacation turned into a disaster.
*We began our Christmas vacations the same way we always did, by leaving for grandma’s house before dawn.
Conjunctive Adverbs & transitional – Expressions in narrative.
Afterwards in the end
At last meanwhile
At the sometime subsequently
At this point soon after
By that time then
Eventually to begin with
Finally next
First, second, third…etc.