Personal Narrative: How Orphan Changed My Life

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It was the worst movie I had ever watched. Not because it was poorly made but because it was so ghastly. I usually don’t watch horror movies. I grew up in a strict household with very rigorous rules, but this one I couldn’t turn away from. We were at my grandmother’s house for Christmas and my siblings and I had some extra time on our hands. My grandmother always had HBO which was great because I could watch movies here that I couldn’t at home. At first we were watching The Blind Side but when that ended Orphan came on. Orphan is about two parents, Kate and John who decided to adopt a child after Kate had a miscarriage. Kate suspects that the child they adopted may not be the child they thought she was. From the beginning of the movie it had a foreboding atmosphere. You knew everything was going to go bad but you didn’t know when. Watching that little girl get away with all of her despicable acts throughout the movie was painful and I’m not sure why I was watching it. It had an allure to it that couldn’t be explained. It was about that time of the movie. The girl turned against the family and took a knife from the kitchen. Knowing what was coming next I took the …show more content…

A world where I had bigger problems than homework and was never alone. It wasn't a problem for me but for my parents it was becoming one. My grades were slipping and I was alienating myself from, well everyone. They always attempted to talk with me about it but every time they tried I would use the teenage vanishing act and go to my room. Picking me up from school one day, they decided to talk to me while we were in the car. Which was the worst possible option for me because there's nowhere to go. They drove around in circles talking to me for about ten minutes. I zoned them out because that's what I did. However, one thing my father said caught my attention, "The present moment is the only moment we truly have and if you’re not living in it then you’re not living at

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