Discourses - the Relativeness Between "a Fortunate Life" and My Own Personal Life

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Have you ever been in the situation where you are practically alone? Void of crucial relationships in your life? Well Albert Facey was in this position. He lost both parents at a very young age. We are linked in that way to some degree.

A discourse is controls what we believe, what we value, how we act and our attitudes. A Fortunate life follows the stories and events of Albert Facey who lived with simple honesty, compassion and courage. He was a parentless boy who started working at the age of eight years old. This man has been through wars and depressions, the death of his son and his wife.

In the beginning of his life about the age of two, his family had received word that his father had passed away from an illness called typhoid fever. Naturally the Facey family was devastated and once his mother was over the initial shock and feelings she decided to move west in search of more money. It was this point in his life that made him a different man.

From a past experience, having a parent leave is not an easy thing to deal with. When this happens and it is a prolonged experience, certain fundamental elements in the person lack, but I believe its how a person deals with these circumstances. In life we can look at any situation with the intention of taking the good from it, or taking the bad. This is what I think Albert Facey has done all his life and this is also what I have tried to do.

With his mother and father gone, Albert grew up facing different choices. Now also, throughout the whole book he shows how much he feels the need to be connected to family or someone close. I have experienced an event like this one. A few years back a family member left which has now made me appreciate family life so much more. I understand more now about family dealings as Albert has proved throughout the book. So in a sense, Albert Facey and I are alike in the fact that we both consider family connections to be very important for personal growth