Born and Raised in a Rural Setting

This one is going to be that the hero is born and raised in a rural setting away from cities. Which I was until this year. I lived outside a city, Kaufman, and the only reason I was ever in town was to go to school. Being that I was raised that way I wasn't exposed to the things I would have been if I lived in Mesquite, or any other city. I was raised in the little part of the country that still exsisted so I only saw the things that happen out there, raising and killing animals, and just having a good time. When I moved to Mesquite I was, and still am, exposed to things that I wouldn't have thought to happen. School fights, for example, I did see many school fights but none that included hitting a girl or breaking a microwave in the cafeteria. My GOSH! Well back to the point, seeing as how I was raised in a rural environment I have not been exposed to many of the things that I would need to be to have a better wordly view of things that could be useful to completing my oddessy.

Crosses A Bridge

The hero crosses a bridge or body of water.... Metephorically I have. Moving to Mesquite and starting a new life with my father is definetly the crossing of a bridge. I really don't know how to elaborate on that but I do know that my current situation has happened because of the bridge I crossed to get me to a new place and people I need to be around. Although when I first saw the bridge it was cloudy and very ominous, it is not a bridge that I would have normally crossed, but I have recently learned that something may look ominous but ends up to be the path that you should have taken in the first place.

Changed

When I go back to where I was raised people say that I have changed so much and they don't know me anymore. I tell them that I haven't changed that much but to myself I guess I'll always be the same. They don't act the same and it's wierd but then again I havea changed. I have learned more about myself and people in general and before I moved I didn't have that knowledge. Knowledge has changed me. I know that and so do they.