Analysis of 9 Lives

Martina Marissa Mueller

"I find freedom in writing. I grew up in a broken family and watched people around me leave my life because of alcohol and drugs. I spent some time homeless when I was 7, holding up cardboard signs with my mom and baby sister. I was left to ask a lot a questions about life at an early age. I always had a lot of passion and energy with my thoughts, whether they were good or bad. It's when I don't express that passion that I get into trouble. For I am passion and when I am not passionate, I lose myself. I write to acknowledge, I write to cope. I write to let people see someone they think they know. It lets them see me, but most importantly, it lets me see myself. This is why I am successful now; this is how the victim became the victor. This is how I beat the odds." more…

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