Kristy Lee Professor Thomas UWRT 1101-103 September 10, 2014 Five Texts That Has Influenced My Life Hannah Montanahas affected a big part of my life as I grew into adulthood. As a child, I would come home after a long day at school and relax to many episodes of Hannah Montana. At the time, my family was facing hard times as my father struggled to support the family while my mom enrolled in school full-time. Everyone was stressed and watchingHannahMontanawas an outlet from the real world where I could feel real happiness and allow my imagination to run wild with thoughts of love and hope for the future. It made me laugh but most importantly, it made me feel human. Without the TV show, Hannah Montana, my life would have turned out differently and I would not be the person that I am today. Hannah Montanacontributed to my lively personality and her role gave me an ideal image of a bubbly and forgiving person who cared for everyone around her. Just like Ronald Mallett and Lynn Neary, my text was significant to me because of my personal situation. Mallett was led with the hop es of creating a time machine so that one day he could go back and see his father and warn him about the dangers to his health. That became his purpose and it gave him life in his situation. Neary, on the other hand, faces a different situation that was still personal and close to her. Her tex t changes the way she sees the world because of what was going on in the world. Witnessing the Civil R ights movement on TV always made her wonder about morality and the issues going on in the world. Reading, To Kill A Mockingbird, simplifies the overly complex issues in life and gives h er an answer for doing what is right or for doing what is wrong. Just b y engaging herself in this text, she was able to gain an understanding of an important life lesson.
