Inevitable Truth

Honors American Literature

Ms. Waterman

Everything looks fresh for Alex, fishing in the blue sky sea of Cancun was an awesome experience for him. He loved everything in his surroundings. In a small fishing boat the sea has turquoise eyes. The hot breeze of the beach felt good on Alex’s skin. Fishing is a really relaxing and boring activity for him when he is still little. He suddenly sleeps with  the sound of whales crushing the boat, echoing in his ears. Suddenly when he wakes up, these big golden fishes, that he has never seen before, were in the boat. His father, a wise man in Alex’s eyes, told him with a smile that they caught the most delicious fish, a tuna and two dorados. He thought everyday would be this happy

Little Alex thought everyday was fun, but what he did not know was that soon he would  realize that his father tried to hide the inevitable truth, how rotten the world was. Alex’s innocent eyes could only see  good people around him. He could not perceive any danger whatsoever. Suddenly an event happened that made Alex realize that not everything was as colorful as he thought. His grandfather suddenly died, it was the first time he felt pain, sadness, and that he missed someone. He learned that people and loved ones die sooner or later. Everyone’s life can end in a blink of an eye.

Then he realized that not everyone in his surroundings were good people. He was starting to get bullied by kids and he did not know the reason, they were just mean to him, and trying to  harm him. The only solution he found was to require to violence; however, he realized that everytime he fought, there would be consequences following him. He could not understand why. In his logic, he thought if someone  picked a fight with him, he would respond with a fight, but there were other ways to solve each other’s problems that he did not know because he was reckless. 

Alex acted before he had time to think about the consequences. With time and therapy he started to get more mature and think about other solutions before starting to fight. At that time he started to hear from his father that maybe because of the situation in Mexico  there was this possibility that they were going to migrate. They said that a lot and they never fulfilled it; however, he started to question why they would say that a lot. What was wrong with the country they are in? Looking for answers, he ended up on the internet. His father tried to censor him from the reality of how spoiled the world truly is. At the age of eight he start to learn about corruption, racism, poverty, murder, thanks to internet.

Reality crashed into Alex’s life, his colorful world was non-existent. He learned that he was lucky to have a family that loved him and did not lack for money. He started to learn that there are kids like him that suffers from domestic violence, a lot poor families selling her daughters to the mafia, kidnappings, rape, were in the vocabulary of Alex. Kids that have nothing to eat, kids without education or a purpose to live. The world was a rotten place to live. He felt insecure about where he lived for the first time; however, his father told him that this is something that everyone has to get used to. It is good to be cautious, but in an extreme way, that would lead to paranoia. Alex knew now that you only have only one life, and that he has to be gracious because he had no difficulties. The more knowledge he had, the darker the humanity was for him, but he told himself to live his life as it was the last. Do good things for humanity, and leave a good mark before he leaves this world.