Personal Narrative: How My Brother Changed My Life

In my previous paper I wrote about how the event that changed my life the most was my brother being born. The fact that I am not very close to my family motivated me to write this essay on my brother. I hate family vacations, family fun night, eating dinner together, and other things that involve my family. I dread these family centered activities. There is, however, one member of my family that turns this dread into joy. The one member of my family that puts a smile on my face is my little brother.
My life changed because of Jason. He came into my life and forever changed me into the person I am today. His existence is the main reason as to why I attended college at Western Illinois University. The birth of my little brother Jason changed my life by forcing me to be responsible for others and grow up. This was apparent to me as i noticed that as time went by I recieved less and less attention from my parents because of Jason. My independence contributed to my maturity during the school year.

I chose to write about this because of my life is dedicated to making sure my brother grows up right.

I am a role model for Jason whether I like it or not. This is a reality that I came to terms with. My little brother has been following the path that I went, except with more opportunity. He has me to help him whereas I was left alone to handle most of my issues. I got good grades in high school to show him the benefits of hard work, and show what it takes to earn them. I went to college with a plan to show him what it means to be prepared. I was leading his path by making my own path better. As an older brother it is my duty to make sure that Jason gets on the right

track.
People say that having kids changes your life and your perspective on life. I say that having new people enter your life regardless of age changes you. Jason was only a baby, but yet he changed my life in a great way. No one has even came close to changing me as much as my brother did. The existence of a infant/child can rapidly change the environment in which the you are in. I learned that people will eventually learn to grow up whether they like it or not. I started at an early age. My friends matured a few years after when they had a new sibling being born. My Jason’s current best friend is also going through what I had to go through. The kid is growing up because of his little brother, while Jason is stagnating a bit.
Looking back on the day my brother was born, the one thing I would have done differently would be being studying harder and getting better grades in my early years in high school. I wanted to leave home for college knowing that my Jason will have a good reference to follow. I believe that I left him in good hands but I knew that I could have done better.
One thing that I can share about others is the importance that your younger siblings get on the right track. The eldest have a duty of being a proper role model. The parents can only so much for the family. Responsibility is something everyone needs to take control of no matter what.