UNIVERSIDAD DE
PUERTO RICO RECINTO DE CAROLINA
INTRODUCTION TO
ENGLISH LITERATURE
CAROLINA,
PUERTO RICO
My friend and
me
(Bowling for a
Lost Father Essay)
BRYAN ACOSTA
RIVERA
L-03
PROF. HELVIA
GUZMAN
845-15-0143
We all have that one friend that we can’t seem eye to eye but we still
care for, rather it be due to maturity, necessity or just because. We’ll he is
a student from Puerto Rico Music Conservatory; and if you know a little bit of
those guys you know that they can be a little cocky and arrogant… To say the
least. Putting that aside he’s a swell guy and one of the best percussionist I
know and will know, of course it runs in his family. After all his grandfather
is the director of El Gran Combo a worldwide famous salsa group.
What I’d do to strengthen our friendship is take him to see the Star Wars
concert, since we’re both fans. We can both establish a bonding through what we
both love; music. We’d talk about metal, classical and musicals. We can go eat
afterwards and talk about life.
We can open up or communication and give each other a hand in whatever
we need. Give our opinions about each other, since there’s things that piss him
off about me and vise versa. He has a lot of positives but for me its always
obscured by his arrogance and his “I’m the best”, which he is in percussion,
personality. For example, he’s an animal lover PETA level, he’s very respectful
to people, he may not be the smartest but he isn’t afraid to screw up and learn…
Like when he said in a social network that Puerto Rico was huge compared to
Mexico. He did get a bad backlash but he learned and admitted to his mistakes.
I imagine he has a few critics on me and I’ll gladly accept it with
maturity and as constructive criticism. Overall he’s my friend. I would love to
be his pupil in music though our instruments kind of differ, since I play
strings. But there’s nothing people can’t do without a little help from our
friends.
In conclusion, it’s important to try to talk to people we have
differences with. We cant be all our lives in tension with people because of miscommunication.
And we need to learn to accept each others differences and see past them.
Questions:
1. What was it that caused Her's father to go bowling a second time?
Her father wanting to teach the other children.
2. Do you Agree with Her that it must have been "frightening" for her father to live with children who adopted American Culture and an American lifestyle (paragraph 5)? In a Sentence or two, explain how he must have felt. I agree, since my fathers' side of the family is Spanish, they lived in fear of their sons adopting a different culture that letter passed into the fear of their grandsons but by then it was too late since three-fourths of us (grandsons) live in a Puerto Rican/ USA style of life. He must've felt terrified to not sync in with them and not knowing what to say or do.
3. Why does it feel "odd" teaching her father bowl (paragraph 7)? Have you ever taught a parent or grandparent something new- perhaps how to use a cellphone, send an e-mail, or conduct an Internet search? Explain the feelings you experienced as you did this. Where you proud?
Because he didn't know how to react. I taught my grandmother how to use a Mac, since she used Windows for a long time... I felt exited yet frustrated, but now she know how to use it better than me. I was extremely proud of her.
Questions:
1. What was it that caused Her's father to go bowling a second time?
Her father wanting to teach the other children.
2. Do you Agree with Her that it must have been "frightening" for her father to live with children who adopted American Culture and an American lifestyle (paragraph 5)? In a Sentence or two, explain how he must have felt. I agree, since my fathers' side of the family is Spanish, they lived in fear of their sons adopting a different culture that letter passed into the fear of their grandsons but by then it was too late since three-fourths of us (grandsons) live in a Puerto Rican/ USA style of life. He must've felt terrified to not sync in with them and not knowing what to say or do.
3. Why does it feel "odd" teaching her father bowl (paragraph 7)? Have you ever taught a parent or grandparent something new- perhaps how to use a cellphone, send an e-mail, or conduct an Internet search? Explain the feelings you experienced as you did this. Where you proud?
Because he didn't know how to react. I taught my grandmother how to use a Mac, since she used Windows for a long time... I felt exited yet frustrated, but now she know how to use it better than me. I was extremely proud of her.
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