Personal Narrative Essay Examples

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A Personal Narrative About a Dream of Becoming a Football Player (845 words, 1 pages)

Free Time People learn lessons from various ways, one way people learn is through personal experience. I learned two important lessons from my experiences with football. They are to be a successful football player one must be strong, fast, and lucky, and if a person truly believes in a dream, ... Read More

A Personal narrativeof John Miller (993 words, 2 pages)

June 2nd 1916 My name is John Miller, I am twenty years old, and I am stationed at the No.3 Naval Squadron aerodrome in Fernes, France. I enlisted my services just two months ago, and now I find myself in a squadron led by the great British ace Raymond Collishaw! ... Read More

A Personal Narrative of an Athlete About the Effects of the NCAA (1566 words, 2 pages)

As a collegiate athlete, the NCAA has a direct effect on my life. It tells me, with respect to athletics, what I can and cannot do. If I were a division one athlete, the limitations would be far greater. I could not, for example, work certain jobs, or accept money ... Read More

A Personal Narrative About the Role of Education in Life (1031 words, 2 pages)

The Role of Education in My Life Education in my life has changed drastically since I have come to college. There was one distinguishing moment that I can remember that made me choose college over entering the workforce. During my freshman year at college, I tore my groin during summer ... Read More

A Personal Narrative About Being Confident and Prepared for Life (377 words, 1 pages)

Throughout the last four years of high school, I have learned so much about myself and the reality of life. High School prepares a person for the rest of hisher life, and going by the last few years, I feel that I am ready to make my mark on the ... Read More

A Personal Narrative About the Mardi Gras Holiday (1066 words, 2 pages)

An Experience of a Lifetime The Mardi Gras holiday marked an unforgettable period in my life. I examined the out-of-towners enjoying their time off from work, school and daily chores. However, I grew shocked at the activities that the visitors participated in to receive beads. The outrageous behaviors of the ... Read More

A Personal Narrative About the Importance of Learning the World’s History (965 words, 2 pages)

Susann Clothier Dr. Malik Midterm take-home exam 6, March 2001 1.The importance of the study of world history to me personally as an American is very significant because I hope to find a career where I will work with many diverse people and I not only want to know them, ... Read More

A PErsonal Narrative About a Secluded Beach (3172 words, 4 pages)

"Secluded Sand" It was a warm summer day. The beach was terrific! Quiet and secluded, not a living soul in sight. Tommy looked around, smiling. Exactly what he needed! Quiet place to get some rest. Most men could only envy the way he influenced women, but he thought it was ... Read More

A Personal Narrative About the Experience in High School (495 words, 1 pages)

Going into high school, I was ready for four difficult transition years into life. Little did I know that at the end of my second year, I would make the decision to graduate one year early. When I first learned of this plan, all I knew was that it would ... Read More

A Personal Narrative About Seeing Father Suffer (1382 words, 2 pages)

Life is not always pleasant nor kind and gentle to us. It is filled with mysteries and unanswered questions that haunt us from day to day. In fact, life can be very awful and complicating for many individual mortal who suffer during odd circumstances. For example, the decisions that we ... Read More

A Personal Narrative About Finding an Old Treasure Box (548 words, 1 pages)

Yesterday I was cleaning out my closet, when I came across an old cardboard box with the word Treasure written sloppily across it. I was about to throw it away when I realized what it was. This was my treasure box. This was where I kept all of my coolest ... Read More

A Personal Narrative About a Vacation to Florida (1422 words, 2 pages)

Travel Writing Assignment Although I have never ventured father from New Jersey than Florida, the trips I have taken with my family have been numerous and very fun. Nothing could have prepared me for our last vacation to Florida. We started out in a calm sunny day of August 15. ... Read More

A Personal Narrative About Racing (587 words, 1 pages)

My heart beating loudly in my chest is the only sound I can here. The air, whipping past my face, tries to curb my inertia but I just press on harder and harder. As I make my turn to go into the straight-away, the next man in the relay team ... Read More

A Personal Narrative About a Cold December Day (420 words, 1 pages)

I remember it clearly. It was a cold winter night near the end of December. After losing a basketball game for the ninth time of the season I had finally lost all hope and given up. Stomping up the stairs towards couch I was trailed closely by my grandfather some ... Read More

A Personal Narrative About a Dream (2085 words, 3 pages)

The story begins with me and my dream. All along I wanted to be an author and a researcher. I love to do research and observe things in a very careful manner, and then write them down in my notebook. Finally there is a chance for me to accomplish my ... Read More

A Personal Narrative About Finding the Right Job (1994 words, 3 pages)

Finding an enjoyable and fulfilling job, to me, seems about as difficult as finding love. Some find the person they want to spend the rest of their lives with in high school. Others don't find that kind of love until they're in their 50's or 60's. And it's not necessarily ... Read More

A Personal Narrative About the Financial Situation of the Family (759 words, 1 pages)

This television is impossible to turn on, all these buttons on this remote N.A.S.A mustve made this thing. I just got used to turning this V.C.R on thanks to my grandson. But now hes telling me about this D.V.D contraption. I didnt think watching I Love Lucy would be so ... Read More

A Personal Narrative About a Friend Who is a Victim of Alcoholism (1175 words, 2 pages)

My friend is a victim of alcoholism When I see a person who cannot control his or her drinking habits, I am always wonder What could cause to a person to become an alcohol abuser? Few months ago, I was shocked by the news that my best friend is now ... Read More

A Personal Narrative About an Alcoholic Father (1044 words, 1 pages)

It is dark. All is quiet except for the squeaks and cracks of this 19th century house sinking into the foundation of the ground. I open my eyes and it is still dark. I reach out my right arm in hopes that my hand will find the button on my ... Read More

A Personal Narrative About the First Day in College (926 words, 1 pages)

One day, while I was laying peacefully on my bed, my mother came in with a letter from Florida AM University. I didn't really want to speculate anything because a few days before I received a letter from another college saying that I wasn't accepted. Nevertheless I was still excited ... Read More

A Personal Narrative About Growing to Love Music (649 words, 1 pages)

Can You Feel The Bass? I have always been a person who has enjoyed life with music. Ive come across numerous people that have told me that they dont really listen to music, and every time I hear it I cant help but look at them funny. I cant imagine ... Read More

A Personal Narrative About Mama’s Room (536 words, 1 pages)

Eileen Jimenez EG-11 Prf.Segall More Room In grandmothers house there are many rooms, but yet its not a Mansion. To the family grandmothers house is known as la casa de Mama. It's a place of there origin a place of memories and dreams. Grandfather was a housebuilder and a painter ... Read More

A Personal Narrative About Having a Successful Career (580 words, 1 pages)

How do I manage my career? That is something that I do not know at this point in my life. I know that when I do get a career I will manage it between work and my home life. My family will be the first on my list. A person ... Read More

A Personal Narrative About a Childhood Experience of Falling Off of a Tree (1017 words, 2 pages)

Imagine waking up in a tightly sealed box only to hear the sound of dirt hitting the top of the box as you are being buried alive. As you look around, you can only see the faint outline of your hands as you hold them a half and inch from ... Read More

A Personal Narrative About Moving From China to America in Pursuit of the American Dream (476 words, 1 pages)

Well for my parents, the American Dream was to come to America and make a new life for themselves. Back in China things weren't so easy. Earning a living was difficult. My parents heard of America and its great opportunities and high standards of living and so they prepared to ... Read More

A Personal Narrative About Life Changing (410 words, 1 pages)

I feel like a new person. Just yesterday I was a nobody and not one person would pay any attention to me. Now today I'm a star. I will no longer be looked upon with scorn and dismissed with a shake of the head. Now people look at me with ... Read More

A Personal Narrative About Life as a Mirror (838 words, 1 pages)

Mirror, Mirror On The Wall Contrasting the whiteness of the clouds to its alive and vivid colors, the brilliant sun at its nadir rose at a snail's pace as dawn quickly turned into morning. Sun rays reflected off my shining body, creating a rainbow on the wall. Morning, the thought ... Read More

A Personal Narrative About Thoughts on Life, Death and Afterlife (562 words, 1 pages)

A question of ?who are you? is not one that can be answered. The extent of it can only be pondered and hypothesized through ideas. Ideas of ones own and ideas presented by great philosophers. The ideas of one?s own probably didn?t originate in their mind, but accepted or contracted ... Read More

A Personal Narrative About a Scary Experience in the Vietnam War (3315 words, 4 pages)

It was one of the scariest moments in my life one of which I will never forget, I can only thank god and be grateful for making it out of there. I was only a kid at the time but I learned what it took to be a man and ... Read More

A Personal Narrative About Having a Car Smashed (403 words, 1 pages)

What happens when you put your mind to something? Depends on what your mind is capable of thinking. Today was my day. I owned the town tonight. Systematically everything I cared about had been destroyed, sometimes behind my back and sometimes right in front of me. My car had been ... Read More