Personal Narrative Essay: A Highwayman's Life

A Highwayman´s Life
I was walking in a dark alleyway cold and alone. I felt as if I have been there before. I believe that was where my parents abandoned me when I was a six. When they first abandoned me, I remember vividly my experience at the orphanage, a red coat had brought me there on the third day after my parents abandoned me. In the orphanage, I remember a group of orphans who used to bully me. I also remember that the food in the orphanage was very scarce and limited. Enough dwelling on the past, I had turned to the ways of a highwayman. I never had the opportunity to receive an education because going to school was too expensive and inconvenient. I have stolen from all types of people, the rich, the gullible and the foolish. All the money I stole went straight to buying food and necessities. One day, I had a sudden urge for revenge for the orphans who used to bully me at the orphanage. I felt this rage because thinking …show more content…
Fury and rage stirred inside me because I know who did it, the redcoats. I had seen the red coats outside the inn when Bess had shot herself to alarm me that the redcoats were there. I was shrieking like a madman and got on my horse and spurred my horse like there was no tomorrow. I brandished my rapier high and came riding to the filthy redcoats. They did not see me coming and I pierced through the heart of one and stabbed the other red coat in the throat. The next day, I felt relieved because I had avenged my true love, Bess. I had stolen an approximated amount of two hundred thousand dollars from the inn’s savings. I used this money to find a better and safer place to live, I also used this money to continue my education. Two years later, I have a very stable income and I’m living with my beautiful wife and kids. Even though I have all of this I will never forget about my one true love,