M. clark creative writing seminar visual narrative essay presentation second draft
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Maxine ClarkCreative Writing Seminar
Visual Narrative Essay
A Little Pith and Vinegar for the Melting Pot
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Like most British kids, my only knowledge of America was drawn from movies and television programs. We had three channels to choose from: BBC1, BBC2 and ITV.
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Rainy Sundays often found us watching dusty old Westerns. Seeing all of that sand, the canyons and earthtones made my tongue dry up like clay.
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My imagination went wild at the prospect of a new life in America. What I didn’t take into account was all that we would leave behind.
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Cousins
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My paternal grandparents didn’t take the news well. I was particularly sad to leave them because they lavished gifts on us, like this fan and castanets from one of their trips to Spain.
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Grandparents
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My father insisted that we not smile in our passport pictures. I couldn’t help it! He had to keep feeding more and more money into the coin slot. He was not pleased.
I was primed for a perfectly despondent shot.
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When I said goodbye to my hamster Christmas, she bit my fingertip. I couldn’t believe my own hamster had rejected me.
I left my toy dog Cokey in our old house for the new people and immediately regretted it.
The day was off to a bad start.
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Cokey Christmas
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My brother and I were invited up into the cockpit and given honorary British Airways Junior Jet Club passbooks to enter our future British Airways trips. Of which there would be none.
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My gear on the flight
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On the drive from the airport, I continued to retch while taking in the sights of Route One out the side window. Past the Hilltop with its plastic cows grazing the side of the highway . . .
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Within mere hours of arrival, I realized we could very well starve to death. We were offered Dr. Pepper or Ginger Ale to drink but they were “too spicy” for our bland palates.
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Palate Attack!
= Weird and Gross
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Letting go was hard and I missed England for a long time. I felt like I was always drawing comparisons between English and American culture and choosing sides.
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On September 23, 1994 in Concord, NH I was sworn in as an American citizen, when in actuality, becoming an American has been a gradual process occuring over the course of my life here.
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My husband and I were married in the Rose Garden at Lynch Park in Beverly on a beautiful June day in 1999. We’ve been to England together. Twice.
We’ve also been to Disney World. Four times.
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We bought our home in the same neighborhood my family moved to back in 1978.
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My old house at 19 Deerhurst, Stanshawe Estate in Yate
Our comparatively palatial estate in Beverly
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Our daughter was born in December 2003, and at eight years old, she is now attending the same school I did when I was her age.
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I finally feel like this is where I belong.
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