The Grotto Research Paper
explanatory Essay
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When a child is young, they value their experiences. They may value going to football games with their family, and how it was so much fun when they were younger, but now that they are older it is not as much fun anymore. Even when you would go on family vacations, or camping trips. For some reason when you get older, the excitement is no longer there. When I was nine or ten I loved going to the Grotto. Every summer I would go with my dad a couple of times, and then my grandparents would take me. My younger sister and I loved seeing all of the rocks, the seashells, and the cool statues. In fifth grade, we even went to the Grotto as a field trip, and it was so much fun then. Then how come when I am seventeen, and I go again for the first time in about five years, it is no longer fun? When I was younger, I did not understand the history of The Grotto. All I knew was that it was built by a Priest who had built with just his two hands. For a ten-year-old to hear, it was pretty cool. I did not understand the history behind it, and I honestly did not care when I was younger. So now that I am older and I visit again I do not understand and am wondering a lot about it. When I recently went about two months ago, I was really …show more content…
In this essay, the author
- Explains that when a child is young, they value their experiences, but now that they are older, the excitement is no longer there.
- Narrates how they were underwhelmed with the experience of visiting the grotto, which was built by a priest who built it with just his hands.
- Opines that the grotto is an amazing vacation spot. it has an incredible history, and a great story behind it.
Just because it was not fun for me the last time I went recently, does not mean that it is not a great spot to still visit. It has an amazing history, and a great story behind it. When I visited last, it seemed a lot more smaller to me and was not as exciting as it used to be. The history behind really is great. And if I took the time to learn it when I was younger, maybe I would have had a great time the last time I went. Father Paul Matthias Dobberstein is the artist of The Grotto. This is a place I visited every summer, so I knew who this was. I knew that he built The Grotto, but the history was blank to me. I know that if I understood the history when I was younger, I would have a greater appreciation
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