Personal Narrative Analysis

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A time that I’ve experienced before when the past played a significant role in my present was when I have gotten in trouble when I’m older and when I’ve gotten in trouble when I was younger. When I was younger, I have gotten punishments and have gotten harsh punishments as well. Now, I was young and my mind wasn’t fully developed and I haven’t fully understand why or what I did do to get in trouble. Now that I am a bit older than I was before, I understand better and more. I have recently gotten in trouble in my older days, but the difference from me getting in trouble now and getting in trouble then is that I understand why now they punish me and why I have gotten in trouble. I understood more because my mind was more developed than when I

was little and now that I am older, I understand now why I got punished even when I was little too. I learned as well that now that I am older and a bit more mature, I learned not to do the same things that I did when I was younger or similar things to what I have done. Knowing as well that situations when I was younger are different from when I’m older, I learned to think a bit more about the situation and react not like a little kid, but as a smart kid. Learning from my pass experience of doing wrong made me realize what to do today. I only learned from my experience because I have already experienced when I was younger. This really shaped me today and now to not do the same mistakes I did when I was younger. If I hadn’t learned from my pass experience and actually took action and not do what I did when I was younger, I would be the same as when I was younger, a little trouble maker. I’m glad I actually got to see mistakes and learn from them and that I didn’t do this alone. Friends and my family helped. They told me stories about when I was younger and how I made a big mess and huge trouble when I was younger and that they told me it wasn’t right when I was younger of what I did. They when I was older and understood way better, I took that as a lesson and not to do the same I did when I was younger. I’m very glad my uncles told me these stories as well because then I learned not just from parents and teachers, but from my uncles and friends and other people that I might have done harm to them too.

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