Autobiography Essay About Myself

Well-- it would be a good start but those are just facts of my life. Who I am is not the tragedies or the good memories. I write poetry when the sun sleeps. I love my family even if I don’t have a mother. I long for acceptance. I find beauty in myself and in those who cannot see their own. Nobody ever held my hand through hard times, which made me into somebody who carries others though the dark. I’m too young to know who I am because I haven't experienced who I want to be. We then moved…

people wonder: “What are the personalities of a successful person?” “Were they born with various gifts that the unsuccessful don’t have?” “What personal aspects of an auspicious individual help shape the peak of what they reach?” Countless written autobiographies ostensibly follow a similar story to one another. Many like to portray themselves as “self-made”. However, the author demonstrates that this isn’t exclusively the case. “People don’t rise from nothing,” as Gladwell states. The main idea…

Overall, my experience at St. Thomas has not truly affected my faith. I try not to let my surroundings and environment affect what I believe, though I do tend to be very malleable in my friendships. I just think that in the multiple spiritual autobiographies I have written, my thoughts on my own faith have not drastically changed. I went from not wanting to define where I was, to accepting that I stand somewhere in the…

Booker T. Washington, an educator and advocate for black civil rights, stated in his autobiography Up From Slavery, “I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed” (1900). This quote illustrates the reason why I wanted to take this class--because it acts as a stepping stone to my career as an educator. In the first week of class alone I have already learned how far we have…

eventually achieve the title of an accounting manager rather than just a bank-teller. This new found willpower allowed me to put both of my daughters through college. The second theme in my life that stood out in my mind when conducting this autobiography was the fact of ethnicity and the role it played in my life. Both my husband and I were first generation immigrants from Ireland and our broken English created a financial struggle for my daughters growing up. It was very important for…

Text #1: Written cite The first written text I will be analyzing is an excerpt titled, Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s Fight For Women, created by Elizabeth Cady Stanton herself in her 1898 autobiography, Eight Years And More. The purpose of this historical text is to show the struggle and fight women, and people of color went through to be where we are today. Elizabeth created this to mark a crucial time in her life where she would be taking a step in the direction towards women’s rights. When…

A specific event that had a great impact on my view of writing is when I first remember reading an autobiography about Tyler Perry. Within this autobiography it talks about Tyler’s life as a child, how he grew up, and his family back ground. It talks about how he got into being a writer, producer, and an author as you know Tyler Perry is one of the most successful writers and entertainers in the film industry. Tyler Perry was born into a wealthy background and he had to save money and work hard…

Christine de Pizan’s autobiographical writings and her famous work The Book of the City of Ladies worked in tandem to show the author’s feminine view of upper-class Italian society in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries. Her discussion of women’s inclusion in traditionally masculine aspects of society, dedicated interest in education, and comments on men’s views of women painted de Pizan as ideologically far ahead of her time in terms of gender equality. De Pizan’s discussion of…

Every human being in this world will at experience different types of emotions and feelings during our lifetime. There are many types of emotions and feelings, which we can discuss at many different levels. In my socio-autobiography, my main focus will be focus on the sociological point of view. Our daily life and the social interactions that we have with other people create our emotions and feelings. “Imagine a world without emotions.”(Jack Barbalet, 2006,p.51). In this essay, I will discuss…

Throughout my sixteen weeks in English 101 I believe that my writing skills have developed in ways that I never thought they would develop. There is always room for improvement, especially with writing. Before taking this class I thought I was a good writer, but after the first few essays I realized how much I could truly improve upon. The writing topics and prompts we were given each taught me something more about writing, how to structure things, or simple writing tactics that could make my…