Narrative Essay Examples

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A Personal Narrative on Losing a Father (610 words, 1 pages)

A person who has impacted your life? I keep remembering odd things his love for cars, jokes he told at the dinner table, his subtle brand of sarcasism, the look in his eyes when he tlaked about my future. I knew college before I'd ever hear of high school, I ... Read More

A Personal Narrative on Learning How to Drive (485 words, 1 pages)

How I Learned To Drive First let me start off by saying that I have never seen a play presented in a black box theater. I thought that it was going to be just a little different from a "regular" theater, only in scale, but I was caught by surprise ... Read More

A Personal Narrative of the Experience at the Movie Theater (436 words, 1 pages)

Arrogance and lack of respect, the two most publicly displayed attributes of a teenager. It is the beginning of a great evening as we sit down for a night at the movie theater. A new release that is sure to be nominated for some kind of movie award at the ... Read More

Portrayal of Women Slavery in Frederick Douglass’s Narrative (492 words, 1 pages)

Douglass Portrayal of Women in Slavery in His Narrative Frederick Douglass portrays the black and white women in The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass at two opposite extremes in his innovative way of using the literary device of contrast to make his views clear and distinct to his ... Read More

A Personal Narrative Describing a Childhood Encounter with a Fox (531 words, 1 pages)

Dawn in a little house in one of the London boroughs. I was up extremely early, due to jet-lag, and I was looking out of the window of the small room, almost a box room, that I shared with my brother. As I looked out I could see the small, ... Read More

A Personal Narrative Depicting a Rafting Adventure at the White Salmon River (504 words, 1 pages)

Off in the distance somewhere behind me, I could vaguely hear the voices of the others in the rafts floating down the rushing White Salmon River. As our boat continued to float down the stream, the green foliage on the banks slowly passed by. The sunlight danced in our eyes ... Read More

A Personal Narrative on a Careless Summer Day at the Lake (471 words, 1 pages)

Days on the Lake It was a fairly overcast Friday afternoon. My friends and I were out on the lake trying to tough it out through the weather. It really doesnt matter how bad the weather is, we can always have a good time on the lake. At the beginning ... Read More

A Personal Narrative on Experiencing a Car Crash (744 words, 2 pages)

Teacher's comments A very well told story-that the reader shares with you! 1920 "Crash" The sky was as clear as a calm sea, not a trace of disturbance in the distance. It was a beautiful day to be outside. "Hey kids! Grab your bikes and let's go for a ride!" ... Read More

A Personal Narrative of Attending College (857 words, 1 pages)

The spring of my senior year was a great time in my life. I was going to graduate in two months, I had gotten accepted into the college I wanted to go to, and the only thing left to complete was the final paperwork for whether I was going to ... Read More

A Personal Narrative on the Clique Phenomenon in Schools (853 words, 1 pages)

As I walk through the Paradiso arch everyday on my way in to school only to notice the students that attend my school. Everyday I realize that our school is divided into many different cliques in other words groups. From the 1,800 students that attend our school many are involved ... Read More

A Personal Narrative on Coaching Philosophy (617 words, 1 pages)

My coaching philosophy is simply and to the point. Your coaching philosophy is a reflection of your personality. There is no real right or wrong answer when it comes to your philosophy. With this in mind I am now going to share with you my young and always open to ... Read More

A Personal Narrative Depicting a Day at Children’s World (1295 words, 2 pages)

Children's World Learning Center. Upon my arrival to the classroom at Children's World, the young children were just waking up from their afternoon nap. As the children woke up Miss Kristen allowed the children to play, until all their classmates were awake. I watched Susie with blond curly locks sit ... Read More

A Personal Narrative Regarding a Telephone Company’s Customer Service (462 words, 1 pages)

"Customer Service, Dead of Alive?" By V. Rose E-mail valorienwlink.com "Customer Service, Dead of Alive?" Is customer service dead or alive? My career experience has been primarily in residential property management, where I have had extensive training in customer service. As a result, I have higher professional expectations for those ... Read More

A Personal Narrative of Racist Experiences (585 words, 2 pages)

When I think of how I could be able t relate to Master Harold and the boys by Athol Fugard, very little seems to come to mind. In my life I have not personally experienced any of the racist experiences that were exhibited in the play. When I was young ... Read More

A Personal Narrative About Science Class and Writing a Report (1101 words, 2 pages)

The Third Ring Around The Sun I just woke up and was looking out the window when my science teacher started yelling at me, "John! You're finally up! I was just telling the rest of the class that over the weekend you are to write a page essay on what ... Read More

A Personal Narrative About Hating Valentines Day (3426 words, 6 pages)

.I HATE VALENTINES DAY Maria walks into her room, obviously tired and cranky. "Can I barrow you're new CD tomorrow night? I'm sleeping over at Melissa's." Trixie asks her. "No!" Maria replies. "Why not?! It's just one night!" Trixie argued. "Cause it's mine!" The argument went into the kitchen where ... Read More

A Study of Two Narrative Styles in the Stories “Odour of Chrysanthemums” and “A Rose for Emily” (718 words, 1 pages)

This is the study of two narrative styles in two different short stories. ODOUR OF CHRYSENTEMUMS by D.H Laurence, and A ROSE FOR EMILY BY William Faulkner. These two stories have a common trait that is having for principal character a woman however the way each narrator is presenting the ... Read More

A Personal Narrative of My Quest to Specialize in Persian and Middle Eastern Antiquities at UCLA (977 words, 4 pages)

Growing up in Iran, a country saturated in artifacts from ancient civilizations, I have always been passionate about ancient Near Eastern antiquities. Knowing that many of these artifacts are neglected, some remain undiscovered, and that the Iranian political context presents tremendous challenges to their discovery, preservation, and study, it is ... Read More

A Personal Narrative on the Importance of Challenging Oneself (490 words, 1 pages)

Diversity Statement Our paddles' blades pierced through the water simultaneously as wesynchronized our strokes to the coxswain's calls. I clenched my teeth as anacute pain shot throughout my arms and instead put more strength into eachstroke. As a member of the National University of Singapore dragonboatteam, this action has become ... Read More

A Personal Narrative on Saying Goodbye to One’s Pet (416 words, 1 pages)

My lovely dogWhen I was a small child I love to play with small puppies , then days started to pass I also wanted a small, cute puppy. I requested my mom to provied me a puppy . when my birthday came my mom provied me a puppy as a ... Read More

A Narrative of My Intention to Be a Part of Your Team in the Philippines (972 words, 2 pages)

I am happy to apply for this position. I feel that my skills and background match your requirements well and that I can quickly become an asset to your team.Following my graduation from vocational business school, my former accounting teacher asked if I would like to work for his trust ... Read More

Personal Narrative on Becoming a Lawyer (2062 words, 5 pages)

An elephant that took a frog type of leapBorn April 10th 1993, exactly 1130pm in Evergreen Park, IL at the hospital of little company of Mary. From first thought of mind as a new born baby determination, ambition, and perseverance has always been me. Although I never knew what those ... Read More

A Personal Narrative on Saving Another Person’s Life on the Colorado River (480 words, 1 pages)

For the first two days on the Colorado River, we had been floating by on the current, but now we were finally up to the daylong stretch of rapids that we were awaiting. Before we could start, however, our guide had a piece of advice for us. If someone falls ... Read More

A Narrative of a Wonderful Experience of My First Day in School (287 words, 1 pages)

My mother accompanied me to school on the first day. Other parents accompanied their children as well. We all waited in front of the school office.Soon a teacher came and led us to some classrooms. There we were put into four separate classes. This was when some children began to ... Read More

Literacy Narrative (768 words, 2 pages)

I am writing about my literature experiences. Although I hate the rules of writing, literature has always been my favorite subject. When writing, I feel like I can express myself, it is easier then talking to someone face to face. When I was in the fourth grade, I wrote my ... Read More

A Personal Narrative of how I Came to Love Soccer (1374 words, 2 pages)

Lets change the TV channel, that is too boring. I want to watch cartoon look, it is already time for SpongeBob Squarepants I cannot miss new episode. Daddy, do you hear me? How come have you been watching it all day? Fine. I will tell mom that you do not ... Read More

A Personal Narrative in the Style of Robin Crusoe (1546 words, 4 pages)

This story is about character who loves the adventure in the sea in Robinson Crusoe, so I will live inside the novel. My name is Robinson Crusoe I was born on 1692 in the town of York. My youngest son and my oldest brother were a soldiers they died in ... Read More

A Personal Narrative on Gender Differences in School (481 words, 2 pages)

Im not your average teenage girl. I hunt, fish, ride four-wheelers, and I love to play in the mud. I have learned a lot from my dad in the past nearly eighteen years and also a lot from my boy classes. I know how to build many things and also ... Read More

A Personal Narrative Linking two Birthday Parties (762 words, 6 pages)

All year long my parents saved up money and my dad would bring candy bags home every day to prepare for me and my brother Joshuas birthday party, because my parents would make the same birthday party for both us. My parents would get everything ready for the party all ... Read More

Use of Narratives in American Sketches by Walter Isaacson (755 words, 3 pages)

In American Sketches, a collection of essays, Walter Isaacson conveys how different individuals make history rather than events through the use of narrative writing. In order to demonstrate his belief, Isaacson writes several essays about men who impacted American history. Walter Isaacson writes about Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Albert ... Read More