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In the narrative essay “Land of Darkness” (2017), Suki Kim argues that fear can be overcome if you put your mind into it. In this essay, Kim narrates what was like for her to be an undercover writer in North Korea, and how this experience helped her to be more fearless; even though she spent every second terrified about the thought of getting caught by the government. The author’s purpose for this essay was to provide an example with her own life experiences of how some fears can hold us back, in order to motivate people to fight theirs. The intended audience of this work are all the people that have experience some type of fear in their lives and are in need of motivation to overcome them. What is useful from this writing would be that the author is discussing about fears and how to handle them. Kim’s form of writing is full of suspense and wonder; it keeps the audience focused and inquisitive as to what will happen next. She has a way of keeping us on our t...

Sherry Simpson, in the narrative essay “Lucky You” (2017) explores what goes through the mind of a person that is addicted to gamble. Simpson does this by narrating the thought processing of a gambler in a casino and the way in which she keeps justifying her addiction, in this case; her reckless spending, with bad luck. In this essay, Simpson choses gambling in order to describe how an addiction can damage our common sense and like any other addiction, it can take power over our actions. The intended audience of this essay are all the people that have/had an addiction or know someone that has one, so that they could seek help for themselves, and be more understanding and supportive towards those persons. Simpson seems to convey her feelings within her writing, without necessarily giving off too much insight on them. She uses descriptiveness to convey how luck tends to be given to people that either may be the luckiest or unluckiest around. Simpson writes in a way that may...

In the narrative essay, “The Moon, The World, The Dream” (2017), Clifford Thompson, recalls the time of 1968, that he and his brother saw a second moon. Exploring how if it hadn’t been for his older, sober brother being there— neither him, or anyone else would had believe him. As he got older, he began to dig a little deeper into the history of the happening of that night in order to fully fathom that night's event but, was left with more question than answers; even after communicating with an astronomer, NASA, and a Flight Facility. In our opinion, the intended audience of this work is not specified or limited for a certain group, but more so for a broad scope. This essay could be seen as a way, that no matter how old you get, some things are unforgettable and sometimes, you’ll fight to find out the reasoning behind whatever lingered unanswered within your childhood. Thompson uses a descriptive writing style in this essay. He begins by recalling a major even...