Nour Hachi
Professor Sylvor
ENG 2100
September 5, 2019
“The Hidden”
What you see when you first look at this graduation picture is a proud family. I am in the middle showing off my cap decoration. What you don’t see if that although I am smiling, I was very anxious and in a rush. I had to give a speech and I was already late. My parents insisted on a picture. My father has a serious face but for the most part looks happy. However, he really had a tired face because he just got out of surgery because he had a heart attack. He was not going to miss my graduation even though I told him to stay home and rest. In this picture you can’t see, my two younger brothers who are fighting in the background like the always do. That’s partially why my father has a serious face on.
In this picture you cannot see my two twin cousins who came to celebrate with me. They are the only family I have from Algeria, my native country, that live in the United States. They are more like my older sisters because I grew up with them. What you can’t see in this picture is that I did my cap decorations last minute and I stayed up all night decorating it. You can’t see how we are all sweating and how my hair was starting to get poufy and frizzy despite my efforts of straightening it the night before and the morning of. Behind the smiles there was stress and anxiousness but it was an overall memorable and one of the best days of my life.
