how to write an essay on the 'when I'm alone'
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When I was alone at home one day, I was more excited than being afraid. My parents had gone for an invitation and had left me behind as I was not keen in going with them. I was feeling free like a bird and very independent for the first time in my life. I had some snacks that my mother had prepared along with a glass of hot chocolate, which is my favourite. I then sank into the couch and began reading one of my favourite stories of the Hardy Boys.
I read the story book for about an hour and then decided to take a break. It was around 6:30 p.m. by then. My favourite television programme would begin at 7:00 p.m.; although my mother instructed me on the 'dos and don'ts of watching television. Any way for about another two hours I would be the master of my life! I peeped out of the window. There was the full moon shining brightly on the streets. Some children were playing badminton on a cool wintry night. A cool and fresh gust of wind was blowing through the window.
I went to the kitchen and then to the refrigerator to find something to munch on. Finding something to eat, I returned to the hall room where I became a couch potato and watched my favourite Television programme. It was around 7:30 p.m. and I was sitting comfortably on the couch, when the lights went off. It was a power cut. Suddenly I found myself in darkness. What bad luck, I thought to myself. I went to find the emergency light to get rid of the darkness around me. I was feeling a bit afraid in the dark, but was finding the whole episode more like some sort of an adventure.
Suddenly I heard a loud 'thud' on the door. My heart skipped a beat. I nervously peeped through the keyhole, but could not see anyone. Then again another loud knock! I immediately phoned by neighbour on the first floor, who said he was coming in a moment. In the mean time I held myself together and decided to open the door. I opened the door and saw no one; but I thought I saw something crawl into the room. It looked like some sort of animal, may be one or two. I ran down to call my neighbour and was relieved to see him climbing up the stairs.
We both entered the house and heard some chattering in the kitchen. We peeped in slowly and saw two creatures sitting on the table in the kitchen. They looked like monkeys and indeed they were. Not knowing what to do, we decided to alert the neighbourhood. By now the power was restored and the monkeys came running right at us. Immediately I pulled out a sack from the shelf and threw it on the animal. My neighbour was quick to pounce on it and quickly tied up the sack. The other monkey managed to escape from the window. These two monkeys were tormenting the neighbourhood for quite some time; and now we had caught one!
My parents had returned by then and when they heard the whole episode, they were happy to see me safe and sound. They thanked my neighbour too. The next day the authorities from the zoo came and took the monkey away. People in my neighbourhood were now talking about my brave endeavour of trapping the monkey. I was now the hero of the town!
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I am alone” I’m sure that is what will come up in everyone’s head when they get a problem in their life that no one can help. Being in this situation you will feel like this place is not the place I meant to be and you would try to run away don’t you? Different from most of us Melanie J thinks in a different way. One of her poem “Where I am” reflects her idea of hoping and belonging in spite of what has happened to her life, she still believe in hoping. This opinion is emphasized by the use of a series of language techniques.
“Where I am” consists of four stanzas. In the first three stanzas the idea about not belonging is clearly explored. In these three stanzas, the composer uses repetition and rhetorical questions to support her view. Her feeling of being alone is increasing with the time, thus the poem is written in first person which gives her the opportunity to show her feelings effectively. The repetition: “It's cold where I am, It's damp where I am and I'm alone where I am. ” are being used in order to express her loneliness. They are put in the first sentence and then repeated in the third sentence with the point to highlight her feeling. As you can see that her feeling is like a wave through this use of repetition, first she just feels “cold” but then the repetition in the second reflexes her as a different person when she scream out:“ It's damp where I am” but. Then she turns back as a poor and lonely and has to admit: “I'm alone where I am”. By using repetition Melaniej is successful in changing the tone of the poem as well as highlighting her feeling about isolation.
The rhetorical questions at the end of each stanza are also important in expressing her idea about loneliness. In the first stanza: “Is this what they call weary?” just lightly tells the readers that she is weary, the second one “How does one, vanquish fears?” increase a bit about feeling from weary to fears, finally in the third one “What's the word, 'belonging,' really mean?” shows her sadness has become a big problem. These rhetorical questions combine with the repetition to help the readers understand clearly about the persona’s isolation in the poem without the visual techniques.
Another aspect is the attitude of belonging has changed over time is also explored in this text in the last stanza. In this stanza she does not feel disappointed, sadness and loneliness anymore. Instead of that the final stanza is the inspirational stanza with many encouragement about what she has gone in the past (last three stanzas). “Weary is a time of mind.
Fear can be one to slowly unwind.” clearly explains her new idea about the problem that we usually have in life, they are contemporary and could be healed. Through these sentences the new hopeful opinion has been explored, the opinion of the beautiful life behind the pain. In the last two sentences the composer explains about the theme of belonging: “Yet belonging is putting effort in love. Belonging, is what we call home up above.” Love is the best way to understand the world belonging throughout the journey, when you love you will find out you are belonging…