Andrew Pisani - Journal 1

I went to Wawa at 2 am. I went to Wawa at 2 am because me and my friends were hungry. Me and my friends were hungry because we last ate at 6 pm. We last ate at 6 pm because we were busy and didn’t have time to eat. We were busy because we were hanging out with friends. We were with friends because we met them earlier in the day playing basketball. I was playing basketball because I like to play basketball. I like to play basketball because all my friends back home play basketball. All my friends play basketball because it keeps us active. It keeps us active because there isn’t much to do in my hometown. There isn’t much to do in our hometown because it is relatively small. When I'm not playing basketball I help my dad around the house. I help him because he asks me too. He asks me for help because he’s 62 and can’t do a lot of things he used to be able to do. He used to be able to lift a lot. He can’t anymore because he had knee surgery. He had knee surgery because he tore his ACL. He tore his ACL when he was running. He was running because he was coaching. He was coaching because it was my soccer team. It was my soccer team because I played soccer. I played soccer because my dad also played soccer. My dad played soccer because he played for his high school team. He played for his high school team because he was good. He was good because he practiced a lot. He practiced a lot so he can be good. He wanted to be good so he could impress my mom. My mom was stubborn. She was stubborn because my aunt is stubborn. My aunt is stubborn because my grandma is stubborn. My grandma is that way because of how she grew up. But my other grandma is timid. She is timid because she immigrated here. She immigrated from Italy. She immigrated from Italy because her parents told her to. Her parents told her to because there was a war. There was a war because of the Nazi’s. There were Nazi’s because they had conflicting views of other people. They had conflicting views because they were told to. They were told to by their leader. Their leader told them because it’s what he believed in. People who didn't believe in his views ran. They ran to other countries. They ran to other countries for safety. They wanted to be safe so they could live their lives. They wanted to live their lives because they wanted families. The wanted families so they could carry on the family legacy.