Lost On Long Island: Personal Narrative Analysis

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For the past five years, I have been an advisory board member for C the Difference: Cory Cares, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization. Cory had asked me to help out in 8th grade, and after viewing a documentary called “Hard Times: Lost on Long Island”, I couldn’t refuse. I was 12 at the time, in an utter shock at the fact that people on Long Island, in my town, and even in my school were hungry. I had felt hungry many times, like if my mom forgot to pack me a lunch, or if I had “no food” in my fully stocked cupboards at home, but I quickly realized that hunger was a whole different feeling than a hunger sensation. I had never felt what a stomach on a week with no food felt like, what it felt like to be reminded by the salty taste on your lips

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