#5 Analysis of personal essay

What is your essay about?
My essay is about the development of a very important relationship in my life. I seem to mention feeling insecure or nervous often which is a natural and raw emotion that most of us cannot help but feel, especially while being around someone we care about.

Who is your audience?
My audience would most likely be readers close to my current age of 22 years old. Many people can enjoy a coming of age love story, but I think it hits closer to the hearts of college aged individuals. My writing will include some flashbacks to high school, so I’m sure younger readers would be able to enjoy and relate. My audience does not have to be limited to those who are or who have been in relationships, but anyone who has found someone special that helps shape who you are.

What is your purpose?
My main purpose is to write for myself, this is my story, my scary and personal story about the love of my life. I have been hesitant in writing about someone I am so close to, because we are not perfect [nobody is of course] but we [Camille and I] are very flawed and not the conventional couple. Are we even a couple? My purpose is to be honest and straightforward. I believe most people will be able to relate to my story, experiencing love and pain, jealousy and anger are typical and natural feelings that accompany a relationship. My writing can be used to relate to the feeling of “I am not alone,” having the comfort that many of us are going through the same thing.

How have you used form to effect your purpose?
I wrote my essay almost like a journal entry, I feel that I flow the best this way. I also use the form of parallelism by alternating the past and present. I am beginning from the present, but sticking in old memories that help give some background and information of my relationship in the years past. I am writing about a relationship that initially started when I was 16 years old, [I am now 22] I have many stories that I would like to tell within the past 6 years.