Personal Narrative: The Cover Of Life
I remember the mixed, overpowering emotions inside of me during my first and last high school play, I was overwhelmed with what had happened and what was to come. Every moment leading up to this night had evolved my self-concept, and molded me into who I am today. In simpler terms, “The Cover of Life” play help establish the basic self concept of myself. To begin with, I was introduced to my first, and last, high school play through my theater arts class. The teacher was the director and sponsor of the Theater club; which I joined immediately as soon as I heard of it. Anyways, I decided to be a part of my very first real play, but not as entwined in it. In other words, I did participate in multitudinous plays throughout my middle school,
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Unfortunately, I was not so fond of this girl, I thought she was very rude, inconsiderate, and selfish; little did I know that she was going through a tough time. In other words, a couple of minutes before her scene, we were seated behind the curtain and she began to cry. I was shocked, I assumed that she hates everyone and is self centerd, but when she broke down right in front of me, I felt that I judged her instead of getting to know her. Unsure of what to do, I tried to calm her down by patting her back; I was not one to comfort the harsh person. “I’m scared…” She said between sniffles; I felt bad because I did nothing in my power to see how she was doing during the rehearsals. “Don’t be scared, you will do just fine! You practiced this and know every line by heart; you can do this…” I comforted her with my words. She looked up and smiled, surprising me by engulfing me in a hug. Then suddenly she sprang up, wiping her tears and said, “Thank you”, and went on to perform her scene; which she did flawlessly. Right then and there, I realised that I was to harsh on judging people before I knew them, maybe she was acting like that because she was scared. In the end, my entire self-concept changed, I had become much more kind from that day on; that was the reason I treat everyone with kindness, because I don’t know what
Unfortunately, I was not so fond of this girl, I thought she was very rude, inconsiderate, and selfish; little did I know that she was going through a tough time. In other words, a couple of minutes before her scene, we were seated behind the curtain and she began to cry. I was shocked, I assumed that she hates everyone and is self centerd, but when she broke down right in front of me, I felt that I judged her instead of getting to know her. Unsure of what to do, I tried to calm her down by patting her back; I was not one to comfort the harsh person. “I’m scared…” She said between sniffles; I felt bad because I did nothing in my power to see how she was doing during the rehearsals. “Don’t be scared, you will do just fine! You practiced this and know every line by heart; you can do this…” I comforted her with my words. She looked up and smiled, surprising me by engulfing me in a hug. Then suddenly she sprang up, wiping her tears and said, “Thank you”, and went on to perform her scene; which she did flawlessly. Right then and there, I realised that I was to harsh on judging people before I knew them, maybe she was acting like that because she was scared. In the end, my entire self-concept changed, I had become much more kind from that day on; that was the reason I treat everyone with kindness, because I don’t know what