NARRATIVE OF THY SELF

In order to find similarities between Ono’s narratives and my own I use the help of narratives explained by Professor Burton in his book The Floating World is defined as "a meaning making activity, a highly deliberate rhetorical construct. It is a way we give shape to the world around us and the world of our experiences. "This definition was hard to understand and complicated and takes some in depth thought to really understand that a narrative is simply just "making sense" of event.
After learning the different models on a narrative I decided that model 2 was most fitting for myself. This narrative is described as "a narrative or story controls me" (consciously or unconsciously). As I thought about this I kept coming back to one "story" that controlled me throughout my life. It was the culture I was brought up in by my parents. Everything that I grew up on, from birth until recently was enforced on me through my parents. Every rule, boundary, decision had a great deal to do with this perennial narrative. Now, I look back and see that the story I have lived has been directly "written" by my parents influence. Religion, political party, race and culture have al been dictated from my parents onto myself. I guess I never realized how much they have controlled in my life. I have embraced these narratives because both my parents are successful and I want to follow in there footsteps. But, then as I write even further on this I realize how brain washed I have become. Almost as if I were a book and they were writing my story. Although they have done an extremely great job with there "writing" I finally realized that the college experience was the only release from this stronghold. I partially destructed this narrative by living on my own, and changing so many aspects of my life that my parents inflicted on me. I still use there narrative ideas for my future endeavors, but I have found by making my own decisions I am beginning to write more and more of my own narrative.
As I wrote this it became more and more clear to me that I am beginning to write my own narrative even more, although I have guidelines from outside narratives that I am to follow, the decisions in my life "story" rest on my back.