Essays on Birthday Celebration

I had only ever been in this situation once up until my 18th birthday, and the eerie thing about it is that the other time it happened to have been on my 14th birthday! Now, this may seem like a bunch of baloney, but I…

Birthdays are ought to be celebrated. Before September ends, my brother will be turning 14. So, I wonder what his birthday wishes would be. And his list really surprised me. Growing older, kids forget about those pieces of stuffs they are fantasizing as their birthday…

Dialectic Writing Entry The Birthday Party, by Katharine Brush, is a short narrative about a presumably married man and woman who were sitting across from each other in a restaurant. The man is said to be wearing glasses and having a, “self-satisfied face.” While, on…

The play The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter is known for it’s absurdist themes and menacing secrets. The title, to me at first, made me a bit uninterested. It started off normal until two characters enter the show which changes everything, including the birthday boy’s…

On Friday, November 14, I observed a birthday party ritual for a one-year-old infant named Can (pronounced “John”). A Turkish family friend that we have known for a long time hosted the party. A ritual is culturally defined as a repeated event in which symbols…

Hello again to my beloved readers! One of the most awaited celebration of my very existence is coming! It’s that time of the year where I reach another milestone! We all know the saying that “age is just a number”, but it’s never too late…