On the Bus Response

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The Road to Boston Reading “On The Bus” and “Narrator Past Journalism” by Vivian Gornick reminded me of a personal experience that I wouldn’t forget. It reminded me of the time when we went last summer to the best concert of my life for Coldplay at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. Growing up throughout high school, I would regularly start a distance run with our cross country team. We would travel to many areas around Connecticut for meets that were on nature preserves. These courses were beautiful with breathtaking views and trees that were starting to change colors. Our team would form a circle and our captain would tell us to listen to your iPod to help you relax. This would be around the time when “Viva La Vida” started playing on shuffle. It was that special moment when starting college of what “Coldplay” had reminded me of. When getting the news that the group was performing in Boston, it was my chance to relive a journey that affected me when reading “On The Bus” and “Narrator Past Journalism” by Vivian Gornick. While reading essay, I could remind myself of the traveling mentioned from school on the greyhound bus. (87) My best friend Mark had to go on a vacation with his girlfriend during the week I bought the Coldplay tickets. Not knowing what to do with the ticket there was someone my friend had in mind to invite. The guy lived in Pittsburg and was thrilled to meet us in New York City for the bus towards Boston. Our bus would be about a three hour trip. With finding no room when getting onto the bus we managed to find seats in separate places. As I looked the greyhound bus had very diverse people from the classy business folks, the rugged worker, or the homeless riders. The narrator also described in her essay, “The Asians were almost entirely silent, the blacks looked asleep on their feet, the Latinos sad and murmurous.” (88) Some of the

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