Ali Alkhulaki

Prof Sean scanlan

English1121 composition 2

10/6/2022

 

 

My home is my happiness

 

        Comfort does not necessarily represent a state of relaxation often it helps people be happier, and when people are happier they tend to work hard  which leads to better quality of what is being done.  My home is my ideal intellectual home, it’s the place where my levels of comfort are the greatest with that being said another intellectual home is reading and writing weather it be magazines or daily apps I use on my phone reading is a big part of my daily routine. Similar to Scibona I lacked courage and the will to motivate myself to gain knowledge and pursue a path in school, I chose a path of a simplicity where I worked a mediocre job in a place where my heart was not content with, I wanted more ! I excepted more from myself!

 

         Similar to Scibona reading became a haven it gave me the opportunity to understand more, it became a passageway to many opportunities and a way to be at happy and at peace with the mind.

Scibona lack of knowledge and passion to do better slowly shifted throughout the passage, his eagerness to break free from a lifestyle of unhappiness lead him to situations that became the building blocks of freedom from a world of sadness and his own mental slavery. Scibona described it as “ I wanted with certainty only one thing, to get out of Ohio, and the Colonel might hire me anywhere in the world”(Scibona pgaph1). In that text you can feel the emotional stress he is in. Similar to Scibona I fell into a comfort of what was present for me “ a underpaying job that felt miserable” it restrained me from opportunities and the ability to be able to get better for myself. The intellectual home of Comfort is very important it shows that even if you are comfortable in a place that is not fit for you, you will never be happy and content with yourself and it will affect your ability to bring out the best of yourself.

 

 

Alexie Sherman  is a writer that wrote Superman and Me , Which to sum it up  explains the struggles he went through as a Native American living on a reserve and growing up seeking knowledge to help him get out of the struggles of his people which where a very uneducated group that had low expectations for themselves leading  him to obtain  a Superman comic book which became the first step of him becoming the successful writer he is today. Similar to Sherman Alexie reading is very big part of my life and I started off with comic books,  captain underpants,, diary of wimpy kid these assortment of books that entertained me and helped me gain a love for reading. Alecia Sherman in context describes “ I refued to fail. I was smart. I was arrogant. I was lucky. I read book late into the night, until I could barely keep my eyes open” (Sherman, pg6). Reading became an addiction and can be justified as an healthy addiction which contributed to his success as a writer. Comfort does not just have to be in a place Sherman found his comfort in reading and reading gave him the push he needed to reach his peak performance.