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The Fatherly Figure

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Transformation is a process, and as life happens there are tons of ups and downs. It's a journey of discovery - there are moments on mountaintops and moments in deep valleys of despair “(Rick Warren). Mukesh Shah (my uncle), who is an immigrant, has encountered with this process in his early adulthood. As a child, he was the most mischievous kid in the family of three younger sisters, and a youngest brother. He was so ill-behaved that in order to bring his disciplinary he was beaten and punished by his parents. But transformation has its own part to play, and it did certainly did on Mukesh Shah. Unlike his past, at present he has transformed into a sincere man, with light grey hair and eyebrows. Thin and short, yet his personality stands strong and tall, and always living his life with a delighted smile. Thus, it is true that “Growing age grows responsibility”, and when misfortune calls, and as we are faced with obstacles that is when we are forced to grow, and that growth is reflected through his transformation. At the age of 17, as an eldest child, he was ready to take on the responsibilities for handling the whole household, since his father’s health deteriorated to a point, where he had to take bed rest. Just in his first year of college student, he was a full time employee, consisted of 70 hours per week, and a student. His routine started off with early morning college and then, he spent his afternoon to late evening in a pharmaceutical store. He was not force to handle the family, but it was his mature decision to take care of his family. He was merely free for an hour, for which he would go to his home, to a lunch He was deprived away of his own part of life, as he chose to take on the responsibility of his younger siblings. At the age of 17, his father’s health deteriorated to a point, where he had to take bed rest, and thus, as an eldest he took on the responsibilities for handling the whole household. As a first

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