Personal Narrative: Corwin Shane Weik

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When I first met Corwin Shane Weik, I figured he was just another long haired, guitar playing, skateboarding, wannabe rock star with gauged ears. I was in the seventh grade the first time I ever heard his name. I was dating one of his best friends and he talked about Corwin constantly, so I felt as if I already knew him a little the first time he spoke to me. I’d seen him in pictures and on Facebook every now and then but I never really thought much of him. He was one of those friends I added just because he sent me a request. A little while after he added me I had a message from him pop up on my screen. I didn’t want to be mean, so I started a conversation with him. We talked for a little while and my original thought of him was only reaffirmed,…show more content…
This time, it was asking about a class we were both taking in school. After he smoothly got me to text him we began talking daily. I started seeing a more mature, changed side to Corwin and I found out that my initial impression of him was completely wrong. He turned out to be a truly amazing person that I never gave him enough credit to think he could be. The more I got to know the real Corwin Weik, the more I realized that he built up walls and portrayed a certain person because that’s what he was used to, just like me. But he let those walls down for me and finally showed me his true self. That’s when I found out that he’s really a sensitive, thoughtful, well spoken, talented, intelligent person. And that’s how he became my best friend. Over the next couple of months we grew closer and I continued to learn more about him. I got to know his family and his friends, and I got to see who he was around them. I found out he had two sides to him: the loud, obnoxious fun side when he was around his friends, and the more sensitive open side to him when he was with me. I didn’t think he had a serious bone in his body when we first met. The more time I spent with him, the more I came to love the person he was, and the more I came to know that I was completely wrong about
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