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Narrative, “Something that is narrated. The representation in art of an event or story; an example of such a representation”. (Miriam Webster's dictionary). This definition is simple and straight forward, but there more to a narrative than that. A Narrative isn't just a narrated event, it isn't just another essay, its a story told on a specific topic, for a specific purpose. To help explain the true concept of an essay, and the large amount of thought that goes into writing one, I will use two examples, Amy Tan's Mother tongue, and Maria Barrientos' Si habla espanol, both essays are well written and share a like-minded topic. The essay titled Mother tongue is about English, the way it's influenced by a culture, and the difficulties of growing up as an asian america who had to learn many different kinds of english. Si Habla Espanol is another essay about language. In this essay, Marria Barrientos talks about shame, the innitial shame of being a Hispanic living in America that slowly turned into a shame for not knowing the language of her people.
Both of these essays contain much more than a simple story, they contain a purpose, an Audience, and a Stance; these essays have a purposeful mind behind their creation and a reason to be read.

To say that a topic is vital to the success of a narrative is a lot like saying, oxygen is vital to human life. Its rather obvious. A person cannot write a proper paper if they have no topic. For example, Si Habla Espanol by Marria Barrientos and Mother tongue By Amy Tan, both have topics that are relatively close. Both of their topics involve racial differences, languages, and the concept of being proud of your heritage. In Amy Tan's case, her topic is English, and how children of different cultures often have learn many different kinds of English. Maria Barrientos' essay was about Spanish, and Hispanic American children, who are often taught to be ashamed of their mexican heritage, then once they grow up, wish they'd learned