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Personal Narrative: My Personal Experiences Of An Outsider

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Have you ever killed someone? I haven’t, but I have been an outsider. We have all been outsiders at one time or another. But, what makes someone an outsider? Is it because of who you are, or who you aren’t? Is it something you did or said? Or maybe it is just because you are new or different. In one of my personal experiences, that was just it. I was, or at least felt like an outsider, just because I was new. The summer after my eighth grade year my family moved from the town that I had lived in my whole life. It sucked. Why did we have to move? I was happy where I was. I had a great house with a big yard, the best friends I could ask for, and a dog I loved. I didn’t want to leave all of that behind to go to some town I had never heard of, …show more content…

Sure, all the girls were nice enough, and I had found people to sit with at lunch, but it all just made me miss my two best friends even more. I missed having crazy conversations at lunch, private jokes that only we got, and just having someone to hang out with after school. I had always loved school before because it was a place I got to be with my friends, but this year was different. This year I did not love school. In fact, I started to dread going to school the next day because I felt like an outsider. It wasn’t until the first semester was almost over that I started to feel like I was beginning to fit in. I started hanging out with people, enjoying lunch, and loving school again. And why? All because I didn’t feel like an outsider anymore. Being an outsider has taught me to try and keep a positive attitude even when it is hard, to be myself all the time, and to never treat others like …show more content…

It can help you to appreciate the easy and happy moments in life. Being an outsider teaches people to have a positive outlook on life, to show their true personality, and how to treat others who might feel like outsiders. We are all outsiders in our own way because we are all different, but our differences should not make us unhappy. Tim Burton said “If you’ve ever had the feeling of loneliness, of being an outsider, it never quite leaves you. You can be happy or successful or whatever, but that thing still stays within you.” I think that he meant being an outsider will pass, but you will never forget what you learned from experiencing it. However, you can’t just remember what you learned, you have to take what you learned, and let it make you a better

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