Narrative Essay Sample. Stubbornness Killed the Cat

📌Category: Experience, Feature of Character, Life
📌Words: 526
📌Pages: 2
📌Published: 25 January 2022

Have you ever heard the saying, “curiosity killed the cat?” Well, I think there exists a far worse quality to possess than curiosity: stubbornness. Throughout my life, I have witnessed many people with this fatal trait. I have seen them struggle with reconciling friendships because they are too stubborn to admit they are wrong. I have seen them get angry with others for trying to persuade them to do something they didn’t plan on doing in the first place. And I have seen people are far worse fates. My dad, being one of them. 

As I sit here now, I struggle with forming the words to ensure this story is written correctly. I wouldn’t want to miss out on important details, but I also fear giving too many. I love my dad, and that love for him will never change. Even so, I can reflect and understand his many faults. These faults make him human, however, I wish everyone reading this to take this short essay as a cautionary tale. 

I do admit, stubbornness can be a very good quality to possess. It makes someone determined, decisive, and passionate. However, too much of a good thing can never truly be good. My dad was a clear example of this. From refusing to reconcile with my mom after the divorce to getting in constant arguments with the people around him for changing their plans slightly, my dad is possibly the best poster person for when stubbornness overtakes you. 

My life with him felt at times like I was living in a glasshouse, where one wrong step would cause an entire explosion of broken glass. I never knew when the bomb known as my dad would go off, leaving me in tears and feeling broken. His stubbornness caused me to fear anything in my life not going as planned. 

This all changed, however, when my dad met Kerry, the love of his life. The woman I would soon refer to as a “pseudo stepmom.” From there, we moved into a fairly nice house, and life became normal. I still switched back and forth every week, and the bombs seemed to be going off much more infrequently. Things were good. Until recently. After the Covid-19 vaccine became accessible, my mom practically ran to get me vaccinated, much to my father’s dismay. My mom tried so hard to get him to agree to get vaccinated, but he never did. My family knew that my dad was an older man with asthma, therefore, the chances of him catching this deadly disease and ending up in the hospital were large. We knew that. He knew that. But his stubbornness got in the way. 

After two weeks in the hospital, on September 2, 2021, my dad passed away from Covid-19. I had to watch as the life inside my dad slowly perished, knowing that there was a possibility it could have all been avoided. I sit here today, in agony. Wishing nothing more than to simply talk to him again. 

In reflection, I realize that it could never have been curiosity that killed the cat. Most people probably haven’t heard the full saying. “Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back.” No, then curiosity must not be as permanent of a crime as people have been saying it is. That saying should involve something more permanent. “Stubbornness killed the cat.” Yes, much more accurate.

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