The Pact Essay -- Pact Essays

The engagement With Teacher CommentsTo say that I have a private connection with any of the authors of The Pact (Books should be underlined or in italics, but not in quotatations) would be a stretch at best. From the time before my very first breath, my life has been completely different. Throughout the years, my life further diverged, until you examine our (maybe use my instead of our makes the connection to yourself) college years. Despite the differences, many similarities can be found just by taking a look at events, rather than situations. These situations (events you said to focus on the events rather than the situations) are my connection to The Pact.The families of the three authors had all been relatively poor, and many of them uneducated, like Sams mother. Even their grandparents had started life out poor, and many would end their lives little better than poor. present I have a connection. It takes going all the way back to grandparents. My grandmother on my f athers side began life as a share cropper, and was very poor. She dropped out of school to help with the family I moved this up here for a better understanding before she learned to read. all over the years she taught herself to read since she felt it was an essential skill really was a required skill. She later met my grandfather, who I never met since he died from emphysema before I was born before my birth from emphysema. Obviously (Is it obvious? The reader is dumb and only do its what you tell them. It is difficult to assume that the reader will automatically know something) , she had a son before that, my father. He was a smart man, but like in The Pact the story, lacked direction. (New Paragraph)He had learned some electronics, a... ...ing special I think I ended with a 2.8 GPA, and that was only because I excelled in my computer science classes. My time then down at UNT was a awful experience that like the authors, I dont think I would have survived without good f riends, and a supporting family. My GPA there when I leftover I think was around 2.3. Again, still basically a C student, where our authors were making good grades, and even sitting near the tops of their classes. Now at Penn State, I decided to actually try for a change, and hope to graduate with a 3.5 GPA.Overall, a very nicely done paper. You draw a pass off connection between the story and your life. This paper could use some development work, but the main idea is clear. Keep up the good work and revision it with some of the changes I made, as well as changes of your own. By doing so, you will have an awesome paper to publish.