Below is an example of creative nonfiction I did for my journalism class my senior year. The unexpected help I had seen that stare hundreds of times, the blank gaze like she had no idea what was happening, she was having a seizer. She begins to lose her balance so I walk behind her to steady her. After I set her down I began the process I do so many times. I started with getting her water and medicine, ready to answer the 101 questions of “where am I?”, “who are you?”, “Who am I?” But this time when I walked back into the living room he was on her lap making sure she didn’t move and calmed down. She is my mom and he is our 7 month old boxer, Tucker. For the last two years my mom has been battling every day with a brain tumor. This past winter she finally had surgery and while she stayed home for four months, it was just her and Tucker. Every day he stayed with her, he would walk her down the stairs and would stand behind her when she got into bed for balance. This s...
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Below is an example of a a movie review I did for my schools newspaper on The Graduate. From college graduate to real life drop out From everyone I had talked to this movie was a hit from 67 to now. It was a movie anyone could relate to and love, but not me. Though I’m not graduating college, like ben, I am graduating high school and because of that I thought it was a perfect time to watch The Graduate . Number 17 on the AFI top 100 is The Graduate , and to most people I talked to it was witty, heartfelt, and relatable. To me it was exactly the opposite. Ben Braddock, played by Dustin Hoffman was a recent college graduate having no idea where his future was going and the pressure from his friends and family seemed to looming over him. Through the madness of figuring out his future he find an unlikely companion from Mrs. Robinson, a married family friend that is twice his age. As the summer goes on he continues his affair with her but seems to want more. ...
