What is history? Where do I start? And who says it started there? I wasn't there,
does it matter? Can I accept whatever happens in another part of the world into my
personal history, or just in the worlds history? What parts of history are most important?
Who decides? What a question! The word history has many attached meanings to it, and
the result is that the definition for history depends on who it is you are asking. But What
is it? Dictionary.com states that, "history is a narrative of events; a story." Everyone has
stories. it goes without saying then that everyone has history. But what about looking at
the world in a broader aspect. I think we could look at humans, in whole, and see that we
all have a history; a social history. Also, what students mostly study in textbooks, and in
lecture halls; political history. Therefore, history, in my terms, can be broken into three
very different branches: Personal, Social, and political.
A friend of mine unfortunately parted ways with a woman whom he devoted a
long period of time to. Inquiring, as I often do, I ask for the details on their break up. I
was given a response of, "Man, She's history." And my friend is exactly correct. This
woman now lies within his personal history. Had this girl never came into my friends life,
he could not claim her a part of his history; his past. We have defined history as, "a
story," and my friend can tell stories of him and his girl. (in fact lately that is all he talks
The Vietnam war was a very important part in history. Actually, the boss at my
present place of employment served a long period of time in the war. He was a grunt. I
have asked him about it, trying to hear maybe a story or two of what it was like, but he
doesn't like to talk about it. this part of his history he shuts out. Many veterans are like
this. I believe the reason being is that the war that
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