Essays on My Childhood

Since the day I was born, my doll Eedee has played a major role in my life. From nap time to snack time, she was always with me, held tight in my hands. Then, she looked fresh, out-of-the-box, brand new; now, however, after having been through conversations and stormy nights, she is in half the…

We normally do not forget what we experience in childhood especially the embarrassing and the roughest ones. With an elder brother for a sibling I have had my share of embarrassing as well as rough moments. I had only an elder brother to look up to. No sisters and no cousins. It was just me…

‘Glasgow 5th march 1971’ by Edwin Morgan is a poem that I recently read and found enjoyable. It revolves around a young couple who find themselves pushed into a jeweller’s window by two youths attempting to rob a shop on Sauchiehall Street late at night. In this distressing situation, the appalling indifference of two drivers…

The circumstances of my childhood are illustrated by my eighth-grade promotion ceremony. I stood there alongside my fellow students, under the scorching evening sun. The line whittled down student by student: a name was called, a roar of applause came from the audience, the student was provided with a certificate, and they proceeded to walk…

At the age of five, I made an interesting discovery during the Christmas Pageant’s second scene: I had to hold hands with Josh, who was one year older than me. Surprisingly, both of us reacted in the same way – EW Gross! Nonetheless, Josh and I have been acquainted for as long as we can…

Shortly after the beginning of the book, Peekay is put into an environment where everyone is evil, all the male childs are barbarous and bias, the grownups hate him for being smart, and because he is English. He is beaten every forenoon for wetting his bed by Mever ; Mever seems to look frontward to…

Reflecting on my childhood, I find it difficult to pinpoint a specific experience that fills me with the cherished feeling of warmth and joy. As the oldest child of a hardworking father, there was often a hint of sadness during those early years. My father would arrive home late in the evening after work and…

When I was seven years old, I had my first encounter with explosions in Baghdad. Soldiers would often come to every house to search for weapons. As I grew up, the war had a negative impact on me. Realizing the great danger that the city presented, my parents decided to move our entire family to…

When I was about 9 years old I remembered saving shoe boxes and collecting them so that I could use them to create room designs. I had stacks of them in my bedroom closet. I would collect anything around the house to use as furniture, I even had a collection of bottle caps to use…

I have always identified with the Republican party. I was raised within a family of Republicans’, so I always just went with it. My results from the online quiz said otherwise. They said I was a Libertarian. I have never taken the time out of my day to research what the Liberals stand for but…