I would tell my life story to a close friend, because I believe that they could see it from my perspective, as well as from an outsider's perspective. It would help that he could sympathize and have some input based on his own experiences around me, whereas a complete stranger would either not care or would not be able to comment on shared experiences. However, there might be problems in that he would not be completely analytical about my life, and instead simply gloss over events that were not so happy or well thought out. I think in terms of Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie felt much more relaxed about sharing her life with a close friend, and that would probably hold true in my case as well.
I think I would start my story last summer during my six week stay in Honduras in a developing community. That trip really opened my eyes to some of the problems in the world, both in Honduras and in the US. It also gave me an opportunity to see the different values of another culture. For instance, in their culture they take things much more slowly and have much more tightly-knit families, simply due to the necessity of working together and sharing a very small living space without a shower or a toilet. That trip changed my outlook significantly, and from that point on I would go back and describe the rest of my life
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