By Jessica Torres
Ever since our lives went from normal to hectic, from being able to be around people to social distancing my life has changed so much. Covid-19 has taken away so many things from everyone, not just me. In just a few weeks covid had done such terrible damage to so many in the world financially, mentally, physically, etc.I have lost my grandfather due to covid which was so unexpected for me and my dad. His death was sudden and no one saw it coming which is why many people suffer more, they don't see covid hitting their families and it comes unexpectedly. The year 2020 has been the worst years of my life and most likely other people’s as well. I still remember being so excited for a new year, new beginnings, new opportunities.
Ever since that virus came my life hasn't been the same. I now have to wear a mask everytime I leave my home. And everytime I leave my home I get the fear of attracting covid, as an overthinker and a person with anxiety it's been rough. Especially because I always wonder wherever I am how many people could have covid. No one knows, even if you have it you wont realize until a week later. Which is really scary to even think about.
My first time being out of my house felt so relieving and I honestly felt free , all that time inside felt like prison. It felt like it had been years since I came out of my house. My mind was going crazy and I seemed to not enjoy any of my days. Sure, when I had school it wasn't as hard and I wouldn't stress but as time went by my days turned into one day on replay. I didn't seem to have any energy or excitement for nothing. And I know many students felt and feel like this now. It was the same thing over and over and over again.It was a day on replay.
As time went by things got tougher to handle. I felt like I was losing myself but I found the light at the end of the tunnel. With my friends and family around me I felt like I could still see a better view of this virus. I was able to wake up every morning and have my family with me, life is or was worse for others. Many lives changed in the past months, they are most likely to stay this way for a while. Which is why more people should be there for each other. Multiple people are suffering with keeping themselves on track with their mental health.Even if times are rough right now stay hopeful and strong. Your loved ones are there for you and you have yourself to keep on track. The virus has brought many negative things but it has also helped earth in a positive way by keeping us from going outside. Really all we can do is hope for the best.
What inspired me to write this essay was my personal problems ovid brought to my life . Those problems have been very hard so I thought I'd write about them. And how I felt . I just wanted other people to see how relatable other people are feeling .
The title of this piece is “ Fear beside me “ and the author of it is Jessica Torres H. The main message of my piece is one thing can affect you in many ways you don't expect . Text evidence that could prove this message could be “In just a few weeks covid had done such terrible damage to so many in the world financially , mentally , physically , etc” . Details that I added to the piece more vivid were adding literary devices like Epizeuxis and metaphors. In the piece for Epizeuxis I wrote “. I still remember being so excited for a new year , new beginnings , new opportunities “ . And for metaphor I wrote “My first time being out of my house felt so relieving and I honestly felt free , all that time inside felt like prison”. I began my piece explaining how covid affected people and how it affected me personally. And organized it by how it affected people and the process of it , in a way the cause and effect of covid.I made this choice because I really wanted the structure to help convey the message of hurt and to show how things get after you've been affected. Words and phrases that are most important to me in my piece are “As time went by things got tougher to handle.I felt like I was losing myself but I found the light at the end of the tunnel.” . This phrase is very important to me because I think many people felt this way during quarantine , they felt lost and didn't know what to do . Words that are important to me from my phrase are “ hectic “ and “anxiety” . These two words are important to me because I think they convey the pain that I went through during quarantine , and I know many other people did . I thought that by sharing what I felt other people would know they were not the only one battling with keeping themselves on track . I think these words and phrases show tone because they all convey hurt and sadness . I would describe the tone of my piece hurtful or just difficult. My purpose in writing this piece was to just show people that there's many more people trying to stay on track during this hard time . I chose to write about this because I think it's very important to talk about having a hard time at times like these . I think my audience is people hurting right now , struggling with being positive and having their anxiety be at their highest .The choices I made to connect with my audience was to also include that I lost my grandfather due to covid , I think many people have lost one or more family members that they cared for and miss so much.
I really like this essay because is telling us the fear of catching Covid-19, In my opinion I hate to see people who been playing around with covid even saying "It's just a virus" but that virus has affected a lot of family's, people had lost their job or their family. I don't really been going out either because of Covid, this 2020 gave us a good lesson and it was kind of hard but we still haven't learn it. So many things has change and they won't be the same even though there's a vaccine already.
--Vilma Rubio