Personal Narrative: Mesquite
My father, being a literature teacher, would come home day after day and unintentionally present me various titles that all brought an aroma of mystery. Temptation would force me to reach upon the bookshelf, shovel the dust off of the bookshelf, and attempt to read strange new words. Every title would elicit a wide range of questions that would scatter my mind, but, because I lacked the wisdom brought by experience and context, there were no visible answers. Therefore, I continued to read fruitless, age accommodating, books that provided no true substance. Until one day, two particular books fundamentally shaped the way I perceived life, and satiated my longing to find significance. One day, upon venturing into a local bookstore in Mesquite,
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As though lineage was inescapable, I decided to sit down and read The Stranger, my father’s favorite book. Before reading the book, I moved from my home town of Mesquite to Round Rock, right before my junior year. The book’s primary character’s reclusiveness was an attribute in which I was forced to share, thus allowing me to envision myself in the same circumstances. Upon reading the book, I found various ideas rather understandable, or perhaps, interesting. The book threw certain concepts that I would either cultivate, or alter to match my reasoning. I became fixated with the ideas of indifference and expectation present in the novel's overall theme. I began to question, perhaps due to the intuitive desire of an adolescent to rebel, whether there was truly a need to justify certain actions, and why I had to follow arbitrary rules, which taught me to not be bothered by the opinions of others. Most importantly, the book allowed me to find peace within my isolation by relating to the author’s capability to be content in all circumstances. These attributes allowed me to make my transition, from Mesquite to Round Rock, all the more easier. The Power of Myth and The Stranger influenced the way in which I lived by transforming my views to better adapt to certain circumstances. The immense amount of available information amidst a novel allows a reader, including myself,
As though lineage was inescapable, I decided to sit down and read The Stranger, my father’s favorite book. Before reading the book, I moved from my home town of Mesquite to Round Rock, right before my junior year. The book’s primary character’s reclusiveness was an attribute in which I was forced to share, thus allowing me to envision myself in the same circumstances. Upon reading the book, I found various ideas rather understandable, or perhaps, interesting. The book threw certain concepts that I would either cultivate, or alter to match my reasoning. I became fixated with the ideas of indifference and expectation present in the novel's overall theme. I began to question, perhaps due to the intuitive desire of an adolescent to rebel, whether there was truly a need to justify certain actions, and why I had to follow arbitrary rules, which taught me to not be bothered by the opinions of others. Most importantly, the book allowed me to find peace within my isolation by relating to the author’s capability to be content in all circumstances. These attributes allowed me to make my transition, from Mesquite to Round Rock, all the more easier. The Power of Myth and The Stranger influenced the way in which I lived by transforming my views to better adapt to certain circumstances. The immense amount of available information amidst a novel allows a reader, including myself,