The most embarrassing moment of my sophomore year was how I earned my nick name, Crash. It all started right after school when I turned on to the busiest street by the school. First I pulled up right behind this truck at a stop sign. After a second, a fellow older student told me that I was really close and that I was going to hit the truck in front of me. At the moment I was trying to tell the kid whom I was giving a ride to, to get back in the car because he was hanging out of the window. Since I was distracted, I thought the long line of traffic had started to move, but it hadn’t. In the blink of an eye I hit the back of the truck in front of me. The devastation sunk in. I was so worried that I damaged the truck, but all that I did was scratch his bumper. Lucky for him! Then it was time to look at my car. My car was ruined. The hood was buckled, the front end was pushed back, and my headlights were broken. Humiliated and scared, I still had to drive my bashed -up car home. During School that year, I never did hear the end of what had happened that
each of the following passages. Write a brief critical appreciation of each passage in about
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Crash. It all started right after school when I turned on to the busiest street by the
school. First I pulled up right behind this truck at a stop sign. After a second, a fellow
older student told me that I was really close and that I was going to hit the truck in front
of me. At the moment I was trying to tell the kid whom I was giving a ride to, to get
back in the car because he was hanging out of the window. S
purpose he know not, though he sometimes thinks he senses it. But without deeper
reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people- first of all for those
upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness is wholly dependent and then for
the many, unknown to us, to whose destines we are bound by the ties of sympathy. A
hundred times everyday I remind myself that my inner and outer life
dance of disdain as he slowly lifts and lowers each paw with the delicacy of a ballet
dancer. His pride, however, does not extend to his appearance, for he spends most of his
time indoors watching television and growing fat. He enjoys TV commercials,
especially those for Meow Mix and 9 Lives. His familiarity with cat food commercials
has led him to reject generic brands of cat food in favor of only the most
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In the personal recount, the narrator describes his experience about how he got the nickname 'Crash' during his university years. He was going to college when he gave a lift to one of his friends. Due to hurry, he took one of the most hectic street and almost hit a blue '69 Chevy. His distraction led him to smash into the back of the truck in front. The pathetic condition of his Bugatti rendered him in despair and he had to drag it home.
The author used apt and powerful vocabulary to suit the narrative. The words used reflect chaos, confusion, and destruction. It also points to the casual attitude of youngsters while driving and its result. The devastating incident left him feeling humiliated and consumed and tagged with the title 'crash'.