One Amazing Thing

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One Amazing Thing The novel One Amazing Thing features nine strangers stuck in a basement of a visa office after an earthquake. One of the characters, Uma, suggests that each of them tell a story of “one amazing thing” in their life that they had never told anyone before to pass the time while they wait to be rescued. Uma tells a story about her life in college and the relationship she had with her parents while in college. This particular story resonated with me because I a freshman in college living at home with my mom. I feel that, out of all the different characters in the novel, I am most like Uma in my life and experience. By sharing my college experience so far and connecting it to Uma’s experience, I will show how Uma’s story is true to life in the way that it really connects to my own. Before I began my first semester at college, I was extremely anxious. I was worried about all aspects of college from how people would act, if I would enjoy it, how much school work there would be, and how stressed I would be compared to high school. My college experience has been nothing like what I have imagined it would be. I thought I wasn’t going to be able to make any friends because I am awkward and sometimes my personality may seem weird. Surprisingly, I’ve been able to make many friends here at college. They were nothing like the friends I had in high school; I’m not particularly close to any of these new friends. These new friends I made are not the kind that I would go out to a party with every week, go to concerts with over the summer, or go on vacations and trips with. Mostly, they are just the people who added me on Facebook and talked to me from time to time in my classes, or would say hello when they pass me in the hallway, but they are still kind people that I like. Most of the friends I made are from my music classes. The

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