Personal Narrative: The Events That Affected My Life

Throughout life there are hundreds and hundreds of events, big and small, that occur and change either our outlook on life or a small, or large, section of our life. The shows that were popular during an individual’s life affects him or her. The bands and musicians that were popular effected those who listen to these performers. What movies and television shows were being watched, or whether there were two parents in the home or not, all of these things have the power to change a person’s outlook or a whole section of his or her life. Every individual might have different events that affected him or her, but for me, the events that shaped my life the most were the plane hijacking on September 11th, the war in Iraq, after these events my awareness to what was going on in the world was greatly heightened, specifically the growing number of school shootings. On the 11th day of September, 2001, over three thousand lives were lost (MacFarlane). Countless more lives were forever changed, as they lost their dads, moms, brothers, sisters, husbands, wives, sons, daughters, and friends. On that day in September, the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers, as well as a section of the Pentagon, were struck down by three planes that had been …show more content…
I noticed things that were going on in the world that I am not sure I would have noticed otherwise. One of the events that seemed, and still seems, to just keep getting more and more common was school shootings. Since 1997, the year I was born, there has been an average of one school shooting per every three months (Dan?). A school shooting at Virginia Tech College, in 2007, resulted in 30 deaths, but the number of deaths varies every time, as every shooting is a different case (Gibson). These shooters did not just target colleges; they targeted high schools and elementary schools as