Personal Narrative: Phaethon

Every child craves the taste of defiance towards their parents. Adolescents come to an age where their parents advice doesn't seem to influence them as much as it used to. When I was younger, I was always extremely well behaved. My parents friends would always remark about how I was so polite. When children are so used to doing the right thing, being disobedient is exhilarating, even if it's for the simplest of offenses.

Phaethon was the son of Helios, a Greek God who was responsible for pulling the sun across the sky everyday. Phaethon was very proud of his father and aspired to do the same thing when he grew older. He hoped that some day soon, his father would let him ride in the golden chariot by himself. He imagined himself holding the reins of the chariot and feeling the heat of the sun beating against his back as he dragged in around the world. After a long time of begging and pleading, his father finally let him take the reins by himself. …show more content…
I grew up watching any kind of tv shows that I wanted because my parents didn't really seem to care what I watched. When I was five years old, I sat down and a movie started to play on the tv. I can't remember the title, but I can just recall my mom walking in and telling me that the movie was too scary for me. Being a child, I obviously thought that I could handle the movie even though my parent didn't think I could. Just know that I wasn't supposed to do something made me want to do it even more. So, once my parents went to sleep, I switched the tv on and put the movie