Where I'm From

I come from the cross country course.
from running spikes and shorts.
I am from the seat soaked singlet
(sopping wet, looking forward to
changing clothes.)
I am from crowded starts
and being nervous, fast out of the gate, passing and getting passed.

I am from Danbury Connecticut and Cape Cod Mass.,
from long car rides and rest stops.
I'm from playing UNO with my cousins,
from sledding down a hill.
I'm from days at the beach
and trivial pursuit with my uncles.

I'm from TWHS theatre,
costumes and rehearsals.
From dark, silent audiences
to the resonant laughing in comedies,
Up in boxland costumes are everywhere,
hats spilling out of closets,
boxes full of ties
and rows of suit jackets.

Helen Keller

1.       It was thought-provoking. Reading about how she first understood language was hard to relate to as someone who can see, talk, and hear, though her journey was still stimulating.

2.       The most interesting part was when she first realized that water was spelled w-a-t-e-r.

3.       That before she understood language, she didn’t feel remorse. However afterwards she began to.

4.       No, because I already had a good understanding of Helen Keller’s life and the obstacles that she overcame.

5.       “I was keenly delighted when I felt the fragments of the broken doll at my feet.”          “As the cool stream gushed over one hand she spelled into the other the word water, first slowly, then rapidly.”  “Have you ever been at sea in a dense fog, when it seemed as if a tangible white darkness shut you in, and the great ship, tense and anxious, groped her way toward the shore with plummet and sounding-line, and you waited with beating heart for something to happen?”

6.       A narrative is written by the actual person rather than a third party. The subject person would know their feelings better than another writer and would be better able to put that into words.

7.       A) Taking part in a high school theatre production.

B) Running a cross country race

C) Taking care of my 9 year old brother.
D) Going to cross country camp.

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