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Personal Narrative: My Final Dragon
Throughout my journey as a highschool student I have had many “dragons” that I had to slay. Some include moving to america, learning the american culture, and making new friends, however as in Beowulf my final dragon will surpass all others, for me that can re represented as college. The matter simply can not just consist of where I want to spend the next four years of my life.The true problem at stake here is where it will lead my life. However, for now all i can worry about is application; acceptance; and ,yet again, moving; which all will prove to provide a daunting task. The journey for me to defeat this dragon stated in my first year as a highschool student at American Heritage. I had just moved to the country 2 year prior and still …show more content…
If i can accomplish this task and slay my dragon, I will have completed my lifelong goal of becoming an engineer, not to mention a college graduate which, unfortunately, not many people can say in my family. This will obviously make me ecstatic and truly overjoyed, but will also set me up for the rest of my life. A well paying career and an enjoyable, challenging daily task.

However my journey will not end there. Even after the long battle so far I still have to, yet again, move to another location. The thought of moving once concerned me deeply. Having to meet new people and accept the possible loss of old friends make most people fear the change. Despite moving and going through this process many times before in my life, it will maintain very difficult to accomplish.
The journey to slay my dragon still remains far from ending, however I will accomplish my mission I set out for myself. I will remain confident that I can prevail in this battle and end up victorious. Accomplishing it will forever stay with me and remain in my thoughts so I can look back and use my experience to push forward and not shy from

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