J
onathan Valencia
February 24, 2016
ENG 1121- D465
Assignment: 1st draft of Personal Narrative essay
The Given Name
“When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.” – Oscar Wilde Being discriminated, isolated, and hated for doing something good for yourself is the toughest for a young person to take in by himself alone. There will always be that one person who would support for who you are and be looking out for you. The people that surrounded you forgetting what your name was and given a terrible name to remember you by leaves a stain of dark memories. For some money is an addiction and they’re the ones getting consumed by it but for me it was joy and hard work. Golden boy the name that stands above the rest would involve my older brother, money, and hate I would receive by the people around me.
As some may wonder how did the name golden boy got my older brother Diachi involve is that the name is related to both of us during at some point time during our childhood it was given to us. Diachi told me there would be a time I will be given a specific name that I will come to hate it was golden boy. Diachi and me have a good relationship even before and after the name given to me. The reason golden boy is related Diachi and me were because it had us both dealing with money. Diachi taught me a important thing that always kept him happy during the hard time he encounter in life he told me “they will always try to find away to bring you down but at the end of the day just kept smiling at them”. This would some people who would be around me most the time come to show me no respect as they saw me following my older brother footsteps of making money easily than rather working for it.
The name golden boy often confuses some as they wonder if I was always dealing with gold but in my case I was dealing with money. Money for me was an important resource for I when I was young and till this point it still is but not that much. Money isn’t easy to achieve for someone who is young but for me it was as Diachi taught me how to resell. At a young age he taught me how to resell and showed me ways how I can make my own money by simply buying clothes, sneakers, etc. and reselling with to customers who were willing to pay more than what the product actually cost. I will always be thinking more ways how to make a bigger income so I would be leaving or not even sowing up to school just to buy more and sell more but I was always for good reasons money.
Golden boy the awful name will always involve the people who hate and disrespect me for along time. Once named I will always be treated differently by family, neighbors, and classmates due to the fact I will achieve things they wish they had at a very young age. I will often be looked downed at due to some saying the things I was doing was illegal and I should be put away forever. Hearing rumors about me was sometimes depressing as they were said behind my back and didn’t know who it was sad right but it didn’t stop me to keep making money. Discriminated, insulted, and excluded from parties and activities sometimes made me upset but at the end of every single day I was smiling like my brother told me.
Golden boy the name that stands above the rest would involve my older brother, money, and hate I would receive by the people around me. Bringing my older brother Daiachi closer through the hardship we endure during our childhood. Not worrying about food, clothes, bills, etc. but rather taking life easier. Ignoring what other said or thinks about you but rather smiling for a bright future. A world where people are not discriminated but highly cared and respected for their hard w
