Anna's Growing Up?-Personal Narrative

Growing up, due to Ben’s disability, Anna had a different childhood from her friends as she learnt to take care of Ben. She felt that there was a need for her to mature, as she knew that Ben depended on her so she taught herself to be more responsible. Through this experience, she also grows as a character, being sensitive of other’s feelings and putting others before herself. Anna learned to become more responsible through growing up with her disabled brother Ben. Anna took over her mother’s responsibility and “ [organized] a disco for Katy”. Katy, her younger sister who was expecting a birthday party, was extremely upset when she was denied by her mother. At that time, her mother was suffering from depression as dealing with Ben’s disability had made her tired and stressed. Anna understood that her mother was not well enough to organize a party, but she also understood how much Katy was looking forward to it. Thus she wanted to help them out, by relieving her mother’s stress and giving Katy the disco party she wanted. Anna had taken full responsibility and organized the food, disc jockey, gift bags …show more content…
She thought of Ben first and knew they “couldn’t go away for a holiday” as she put Ben as a priority before her own desires. When her family was considereing taking a vacation in the summer, Katy really wanted to go somewhere, but Anna told her to think of Ben before herself. Anna had learnt to consider other people before herself. Previously before Ben’s birth, Anna didn’t really think of others, for example she did not want to wake up Katy when Ben was being born as it was a hassle for her. However she did not think whether or not Katy would have liked to be there during Ben’s birth, but instead she did it for herself that she would have one less thing to worry about. However after Ben’s birth, Anna became more understanding, she knew that she could not just think about herself as she had Ben that depended on