Personal Narrative: A True Story

At first, I tried to find a true story that I had experienced before writing the essay. Also, I wanted to make it more interesting to read. This was why I decided to combine a real story and fiction to form my own story. The real story was about a long flight from Vietnam to the United States on January 28th, 2013. In this flight, I had been nervous and worried about my future life in America. On the other hand, I was so glad to be reunited with my grandparents, my aunts and uncle after 20 years apart. Thus, I used these feelings as the seeds of fictional elements in my essay. In this case, I was flying in the sky, so I needed something relating to it. In my childhood, I admired Zeus because of his powerful proficiency. He was considered the god of the sky, or the god of gods. Thus, he inspired me as an ideal symbol to stand for my fears as well as to reflect my reactions in this situation. That was why he appeared in an unimaginable scene of chain lightning, …show more content…
It was my family. Always in my mind, family is the safe place to think about and come back. That was why in the most dangerous situation, my family suddenly appeared as the strength against my worries. Actually, my parents divorced many years ago when I was a little boy, about five. This detail was described by the separation between my mom and me at the airport. And my dad who named Henry in the narrative was sitting right next to me, but he could not understand what was going on with his son. Because during my childhood, my dad was not always by my side; I lived with my relatives because he got married again to another woman. Thus, a dream of being together having dinner with my family was the desperate hope during my childhood. In addition, the scene of my family having dinner while it rained heavily with lightning and thunder outdoors showed this hope. This meant to me that even though how difficult it is in my life, I always dream of a happy