Personal Narrative: My Stolen In High School

Flake One of the things I reminisce about my high school year experience is the time my iPod got stolen. It was almost the end of my high school junior year when this happened. Not only was it stolen, but I got it back. Well more like I took it back. It took a while to figure out who had stolen my iPod. This small, slick, thin black electronical machine that fitted in my delicate hands had so much sentimental value to me. My older brother had given it to me for my birthday. Having my iPod stolen really made me think about who were my real friends. For the most part I remember the day my iPod went missing; it was like any other day. I went to all of my classes except sixth period, which was my history class. This was my favorite class because the worksheets we received were easy to complete. Then when we were done with the work the teacher would allow us to talk to our classmates or use your electronic devices. Usually my iPod is put in the right pocket of my jeans. For some reason I …show more content…
The only person I told about my iPod missing was my close friends. We would go about our day, class after class. During sixth period I asked again to both of my friends who sit in front of me if they saw anyone get backpack. No one said a thing and nodded their head signaling no. I went home again feeling disappointed. That night I was on my laptop when I received an email notification of a picture that had been uploaded on a app. My eyes grew wide at the disbelief of the picture. Like Tim O’Brien quoted in the book The Things They Carried “… there is always that surreal seemingness which makes the story seem untrue, but which in fact represents the hard and exact truth as it seemed,”(page 68) I could not believe this because it seemed too good to be true. I knew the person who has my iPod. To think this person I actually called them my friend. Her named was Scarlet. I tried to get the courage to confront her the next