Personal Narrative: I In The Color Of Water

“Failure isn’t fatal, but failure to change must be” – John Wooden. Wooden is trying to bring the positives out of failing rather than the negatives. For example, my championship little league baseball game, my team and I failed to win. After the game ended it affected me in a depressing way that made it a sad moment that we all worked so hard to get to, and give it up so easy to lose where I would never get a shot at redemption because it was my last year in the league. Almost like that year was a waste that we threw it away. Though I did not want to be negative about the situations, so I looked at the positives and I thought no matter how hard we all tired and all the effort we put it is was not a waste, the hard work and dedication brought us all so close that we learned how to work almost as if we were one.

Ruth raised lots of kids and her main intention was to get them all to a place in life were the could be successful and provide for themselves and have a nice family, as all mothers tried to do when they raise they own children. But she failed to raise James, she was not able to shape him the way she wanted. The affect this had on Ruth was that she resulted in sent James to live with his Aunt to get a taste of the real world because she failed to express to him what the world was and how to live life and get by. James learned a lesson from this, that you should listen to you peers especially your own mother they know what’s best to get you where you need to