Example Of Personal Narrative Essay

My heart wrenches every time my mother mentions how her feet hurt from standing all day at a checkout and when my father arrives home for dinner at eleven, exhausted. I think that this is what I have subjected them to. After abandoning their hard-earned, comfortable lives as doctors to allow me a chance for success in America, my parents have had to work much more strenuous jobs to ensure a secure lifestyle for us. I have carried the burden of guilt, but I have made sure to do my part. Ever since I was fifteen, my weeks are filled with babysitting my younger brother, David. My job includes making lunch, cleaning up, ensuring that his homework is done and his screen time is limited. Having to act as a second mother to David and also wanting to experience life as a seventeen-year-old began to affect my psyche. …show more content…
I began to realize the differences of my situation as a first generation immigrant and that of my mid- to upper-middle-class peers. I began to feel a sense of alienation, an imperceptible wall that would not allow me to communicate effectively or connect fully with others. The lack of freedom resulting from my responsibilities only increased these feelings. Stuck in my depressed state, I was unable to fulfill what I had envisioned for myself. I had dreamt of a confident me, fueled by the guilt-turned-motivation to achieve a point in my life when I could give my parents everything they lost for me. I had dreamt of an engaged me, fully immersed in life and doing everything that I could to the best of my ability. I wanted to be class president, a track star, a social butterfly. Instead, I began to lose myself in the disconnect. I became dispassionate towards life and an even deeper feeling of guilt