Narrative Essay On Broncos Game

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On Sunday I was invited to go see the broncos game at my friend’s house and I decided it was a good opportunity to do assignment number # 2. Before the game started people where having conversations with each other bringing back high school memories and having a good time. I then began finding my first test subject and out of the crowd I spotted a good friend of mine named Amy. At first when are conversation began I maintained eye contact and are conversation was going smoothly. But once I stopped making eye contact with Amy, I felt a disturbance in the force. Her tone of voiced changed and I could tell she was getting mad because her facial expression also changed, her smile turned into a “bitch face” (was looking at her smile to avoid eye …show more content…
When I started talking to Martin and having a conversation about the bronco’s game I was making eye contact but after a few moments I started looking at the tip of his ear. After a few seconds I new are conversation was being affected because he said “what are you looking at?” and I responded “nothing.” After that moment I then looked at his other ear and when I did that he looked at the direction I was looking at and for the second time he said “what are you looking at?” and again I responded with “nothing” After that Martin said “ill be back” and never came back. I knew Martin was also getting upset because I wasn’t making eye contact but what I think really made him made was when I looked at his other ear. I believe Martin thought I was not paying attention to him which is why he left and never came back. I felt bad that my friend thought I wasn’t paying attention to him and to what he had to say.
In conclusion, both of my friends Amy and Martin didn’t like the fact that I wasn’t making eye contact with them. They found it to be inappropriate because Amy thought I was weird and that I turned into a creep and Martin didn’t like it because it looked like I was not paying attention to him or to what he had to say. I do believe that eye contact is the key to a good conversation because people can feel a connection just by making eye contact with each other and in a way can it is also a sign that an individual is paying attention to

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