Reflective Essay: My Savior And Lighted Path

In this portfolio, included is my final revised personal narrative essay entitled “My savior and Lighted Path,” my first graded draft of this essay, and my letter of Final Essay Reflection. The “My savior and Lighted Path” paper contains the reasons as to why I am college and why school is so significant to me. In this essay, I speak about my life growing up with a poor, sickly mother in a poor neighborhood where my mother had abusive boyfriends to help pay her medical bills and finances. I go on to discuss that my divorced parents both struggle with money due to dropping out of high school and not attending college. I carry the reader through my story of how my mother, my sisters, and I all struggled in life until my mother met my step dad who was extremely wealthy because …show more content…
The first drafts of my essays showcase my original writing skills coming into this semester, and my final revised drafts portray my growth as a writer over the semester due to the instruction given within the class. Furthermore, I have chosen the “My Savior and Lighted Path” essay and “The Cecil Hotel and Black Dahlia” essay because these are both essays that I feel I have done a superb job on. The “My Savior and Lighted Path” essay is a piece that truly portrays why I am who I am today, and has allotted me to let out my negative feelings on the past in an academically healthy way. I have included this essay simply because it is based on a subject dear to me that informs readers on how certain life choices, such as dropping out of high school, can ultimately affect them and many others in their future. “The Cecil Hotel and Black Dahlia” essay was chosen due to the fact that the urban legend was such a fascinating and fun topic to write about. Since I enjoyed writing the essay the first time, I believe that it is enjoyable for others to read and for me to