Momaday: A Personal Narrative Essay

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I learned new things after reading chapter 9 and watching video. To be honest I didn’t know that there are some important elements before reading this chapter and watching the video. Narrative essays play a principal role in expressing anecdotal, experiential, and personal stories. When we want to describe our story, which is sequence of fiction or nonfiction and in chronological order, narrative essay is the best way. So, I think this essay is interesting because we can read other’s story in different point of views.
One of the things that stood out to me the most from the video, was what Momaday was recommending in the video that we must use conflict when we’re writing narrative essay. When Momaday mentioned it, honestly, I had no idea why

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