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I had to write an essay about something that is very emotional for me to talk/write about but that I could still share with the class. The catch was that we had to write it in some unorthodox kind of way that shielded our emotions. An essay that makes the reader get what you are saying, but maybe they are still kind of confused about your real emotions. I think it may be one of the better essays I've ritten. Read if you'd like.
Can You Write an Emotional Personal
Narrative Completely in
Question Form?
Is depression real? Are the chemical imbalances in your brain really there? Is it all in your head? Are pain pills okay? Will anti-depressants work? Do you even believe in medical treatment for anything concerning personality? Didn’t you use to think that the power of the mind could overcome some petty sadness? Can’t your psyche push all the bad feelings out and in turn make you a better person? Still, you could just try the drugs, can’t you? It won’t hurt, will it? Do you think if you cry, your tears will flow out as if the sadness is nothing but a light switch?
Do you remember when they were actually your friends? Do you remember all the good times you had? You had so much fun, didn’t you? Do you remember when no one ever realized that Ray J wasn’t at school? Do you remember when James got fired from Jamaican ice for eating ice cream off the counter? Do you remember when you met Nate and Andrej while playing capture-the-flag and they fit right into your crazy group of friends? Do you remember when they stopped talking to you because they aren’t themselves when they have a group mentality and they just play follow the leader with your best friend Justin? The rule is if Justin doesn’t call you, then they won’t bother to keep in touch, right? You never cried before this did you?
Do you remember when you invited Justin to eat at your table in the eighth grade when he was the new kid and had no friends? Was that the real Justin? Or is this the real Justin? Is he forever the incredibly brash and immodest person you used to know? Or is he the nonchalant Justin that doesn’t care about the same things you do and won’t return your calls now? Don’t you wish he never changed? But that’s what happens to people; they change, right? But did he even change? Or did you change? Did he grow out of you? Or did you grow out of him? Didn’t he ‘grow out of you’ in the first place? You were kind to him when you first met him, weren’t you? He molded himself around you didn’t he? Is that a bit too conceited? Did he stop talking to you because you are conceited? Is it acceptable for a friend to dismiss your calls because he doesn’t feel like talking to you? Does he hate you?
Do you hate him? Can you ever get past this? Should you worry if he sees the tears building up your eyes?
Should you keep your feelings in? Can you keep your feelings in? Should you tell them how you really feel? Should you say hi when you see them in class? Should you nod your head at them when you see them in class? Should you invite yourself to the places they hang out because some of your other friends will be there? Should you feel bad for yourself? Should you have told them how you really felt? You tried, didn’t you? You told Justin that you are miserable ever since this all happened, right? All he said was “Don’t you know people change?” And then you think “Is it all right if you cry since they haven’t talked to you in about three months?” Should you tell him you cry? Are you allowed to cry?
Can it possibly be your fault? Can you ever be ready for this? Were your friends really there in the first place? Did you lose them because of a certain reason? Should you hold it against them? Should you hate them for it? Will it ever be the same now that all this happened? Are all people this devastated when betrayed to such an incredibly large degree? Are you really that hurt? Isn’t it the most you’ve ever cried in your life?
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It’s been a long six months but why are you talking to them? Is it because you noticed that maybe it was all just a misunderstanding? What happened to hating them? What happened to them stop calling you? You never actually found out why they did it, did you? Does it matter now? Things may not be back to normal, but there is no hostility anymore, is there? Should you give them a second chance? A third chance? A fourth? Where do you draw the line? Are you condoning that kind of behavior if you let them slide? Are they the same people who acted out so wrongly against you? Are they the same people who made you cry?
Does it hurt you talk to them now that everything is back to normal? Why are you still talking to them? Didn’t they do enough to prove to you that they weren’t good friends? Or have they really changed? Have they finally grown up? Now that you are friends with them again you don’t need the pills right? Did you even try the pills? At least you know that friends really can be a drug? Or is an anti-drug? Do they even call you now? Even though they don’t call you, they are still friendly when they do see you, aren’t they? Have you ever had part-time friends? Did it even matter if they ever loved you? You are what you love, not what loves you.
By John Caravello?
Can You Write an Emotional Personal
Narrative Completely in
Question Form?
Is depression real? Are the chemical imbalances in your brain really there? Is it all in your head? Are pain pills okay? Will anti-depressants work? Do you even believe in medical treatment for anything concerning personality? Didn’t you use to think that the power of the mind could overcome some petty sadness? Can’t your psyche push all the bad feelings out and in turn make you a better person? Still, you could just try the drugs, can’t you? It won’t hurt, will it? Do you think if you cry, your tears will flow out as if the sadness is nothing but a light switch?
Do you remember when they were actually your friends? Do you remember all the good times you had? You had so much fun, didn’t you? Do you remember when no one ever realized that Ray J wasn’t at school? Do you remember when James got fired from Jamaican ice for eating ice cream off the counter? Do you remember when you met Nate and Andrej while playing capture-the-flag and they fit right into your crazy group of friends? Do you remember when they stopped talking to you because they aren’t themselves when they have a group mentality and they just play follow the leader with your best friend Justin? The rule is if Justin doesn’t call you, then they won’t bother to keep in touch, right? You never cried before this did you?
Do you remember when you invited Justin to eat at your table in the eighth grade when he was the new kid and had no friends? Was that the real Justin? Or is this the real Justin? Is he forever the incredibly brash and immodest person you used to know? Or is he the nonchalant Justin that doesn’t care about the same things you do and won’t return your calls now? Don’t you wish he never changed? But that’s what happens to people; they change, right? But did he even change? Or did you change? Did he grow out of you? Or did you grow out of him? Didn’t he ‘grow out of you’ in the first place? You were kind to him when you first met him, weren’t you? He molded himself around you didn’t he? Is that a bit too conceited? Did he stop talking to you because you are conceited? Is it acceptable for a friend to dismiss your calls because he doesn’t feel like talking to you? Does he hate you?
Do you hate him? Can you ever get past this? Should you worry if he sees the tears building up your eyes?
Should you keep your feelings in? Can you keep your feelings in? Should you tell them how you really feel? Should you say hi when you see them in class? Should you nod your head at them when you see them in class? Should you invite yourself to the places they hang out because some of your other friends will be there? Should you feel bad for yourself? Should you have told them how you really felt? You tried, didn’t you? You told Justin that you are miserable ever since this all happened, right? All he said was “Don’t you know people change?” And then you think “Is it all right if you cry since they haven’t talked to you in about three months?” Should you tell him you cry? Are you allowed to cry?
Can it possibly be your fault? Can you ever be ready for this? Were your friends really there in the first place? Did you lose them because of a certain reason? Should you hold it against them? Should you hate them for it? Will it ever be the same now that all this happened? Are all people this devastated when betrayed to such an incredibly large degree? Are you really that hurt? Isn’t it the most you’ve ever cried in your life?
~
It’s been a long six months but why are you talking to them? Is it because you noticed that maybe it was all just a misunderstanding? What happened to hating them? What happened to them stop calling you? You never actually found out why they did it, did you? Does it matter now? Things may not be back to normal, but there is no hostility anymore, is there? Should you give them a second chance? A third chance? A fourth? Where do you draw the line? Are you condoning that kind of behavior if you let them slide? Are they the same people who acted out so wrongly against you? Are they the same people who made you cry?
Does it hurt you talk to them now that everything is back to normal? Why are you still talking to them? Didn’t they do enough to prove to you that they weren’t good friends? Or have they really changed? Have they finally grown up? Now that you are friends with them again you don’t need the pills right? Did you even try the pills? At least you know that friends really can be a drug? Or is an anti-drug? Do they even call you now? Even though they don’t call you, they are still friendly when they do see you, aren’t they? Have you ever had part-time friends? Did it even matter if they ever loved you? You are what you love, not what loves you.
By John Caravello?