Personal Narrative: The Holy Grail Of Things

What would you call a "thing"? Would you call it any random object you have seen or perhaps something that is a little more important than that? I have owned many objects in the short 16 years of my life from a shiny, pristine, and lightning fast bike to stylish Nike running shoes to a flat-screen HDTV, but few objects have ever truly transcended the line of being an object to being a "thing". Bill Brown's explanation of what makes an object a "thing" would be something that had a profound impact or some major significance in someone's life, in this case my own. That being said, the Holy Grail of "things" in my life would be my PlayStation 4 due to the fact that I love video-games, it was a major surprise to me when I received it, and finally it has genuinely gave me great satisfaction whenever I play it. …show more content…
Video-games are my way of letting my imagination go free and wander. Video-games also help me relieve stress and bond with my other friends who play similar games. However, I would’ve been unable to have had these extraordinary experiences if it wasn’t for my PlayStation 4, my personal “thing”. This relatively small, rectangular gaming device served as the catalyst to me becoming immersed in the expansive world of video-games, and it is quite the world indeed. I can still clearly remember the day I received this little miracle as an amazing moment in my life as if it were yesterday, but, it was in fact a little less than a year