Personal Narrative: Overcoming Obstacles Of Life

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My father once told me that in order to become a man you must go through some obstacles in life. As I look to the north I can see that this is going to be the biggest obstacle I will face! The clouds got darker and darker by the minute. I thought it was just me but my friend ,Howard, saw it too. I blinked twice a whirl of air hit my face and all I hear is “TORNADO”,! I ran and got my jacket and emergency backpack, while getting out the door. We decided to head east because that was the safest route and the fastest. I thought, “I just moved from Nebraska to Jonesboro, Arkansas for this to hit us this hard”! We got into Howards car and tried to start it up but it didn't come on. We had very little time to get out quickly so we took the bikes. As we were riding I pulled out my emergency radio and it said a tornado has hit down in Walnut Ridge which is 200 miles away from our house. I feel bad for my friends but there's not enough time to help myself and everyone else. I called my family that resides in Pine Bluff. “Rell stop”, said Howard. I looked from side to side and finally looked back and saw nothing and Howard walking. I thought that we must of passed over the dead zone but we only ran about 30 miles east and landed in Black Oak halfway to Tennessee. Or so we thought…. Howard changed the station on the radio while we were docked in Black Oak. …show more content…
The tornado was still in the town while we were stuck stranded. It was about time for us to eat. I only had some insulators. Howard brung 2 cans of spinach and 2 cans of spaghettios. I offered water and he offered food so we needed each other. As we sat and ate our supper I heard thunder and lighting so I checked my phones weather. An severe weather alert was sent to my phone stating that a tornado was heading our way and bigger in size, shape, and distance.
We rushed and finished our food before it got close. I finished first so I went to get the bikes off of the hill and I saw someone trying to take them. He looked like a homeless person who had baggy clothes on. My phone started to make a loud noise as he lashed at me with kicks and punches. To defend myself I brung my custom made athame. I quickly grabbed it out of my backpack and slashed him. He fell straight to the ground. I took the bike and ran. I had very little time. We got back on the road toward an Washington D.C. Our adventure continued, Howard stated that he was tired of pedaling and riding. We decided to find a car in the small town. As we entered the town it was empty. It was like a ghost town but then we saw maybe 5 people in the side house. They had lots of Gm’s so I hot wired one. We drove on out towards Washington D.C. I used the global positing system on my phone to map out Washington D.C. I said that was to far so we should just go to Georgia to stay with my mom till it passed. Before we knew it, their was a long journey. I thought I had finally reached big obstacles that my dad told me about. First we had to change our direction from east to south-east which was a big problem for Howard. Then we ran into big, will let's just say a common criminal 6 hours into the trip out of 8. When we ran into those horrible criminals they wanted something specific from Howard. I don't know them but have heard of them. This is one of the reasons I didn't want to go their but I needed safety. He had someone with him, a gang of people with orange shirts tied around their legs. I'm pretty sure its an gang, I was right howard screamed “Peach Shavers”! We couldn't drive over them but Howard was determined to. We had to fight or run. I took 2 and Howard took the other 2. I slashed one with a knife but I was hit with something. I got up and slammed him into the ground. While the my 2 opponents were on the ground I called 911 and sneaked up on one

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