Thesis (insight Statement) English 1010

D.  Thesis (Insight Statement).  Your
thesis for your narrative is ONE sentence that addresses the
insight/the learning you have gained from the experience or why the 
experience was significant to you.  Your thesis should be general enough
for the reader to say, “Ah, I see the change in the author” and also “I
identify with the author; he/she speaks for me as well.” 

Examples of well done Descriptive Narrative thesis:  (See the strong insight the reader has?)  

  • My
    positive experiences with reading and writing throughout my childhood
    led to an intense interest in literary pursuits throughout my lifetime. 
  • This early traumatic experience taught me that there are right and wrong times for humor.  
  • Journeys bring both joy and hardship. 
  • I’ll
    never forget Mrs. Wentling’s caring and dedication; the extra help she
    so generously gave me brought up not only my grades but my self-esteem
    as well.

In
this journal 4D, write your one sentence thesis or insight statement. 
Make your thesis original and specific, not a cliche such as these:

      • Life goes on
      • My family is always there for me
      • On my vacation this summer in New Jersey, I enjoyed sunny, warm days with my extended family.
      • The summer of 2001 was the summer of my fifteenth birthday, and it proved to be the best and worst summer of my childhood.
      • “And that is why I live every day as if it were my last.
      • And that is why my Dad means so much to me.” 

Here is my rough draft, if you could help me get a thesis statement out of this.  thanks

It was a cold dark morning as we headed up to Unit 45 for my
big elk hunt.  I was so excited since I
had never drawn a tag before.  We were
only about 20 minutes into our drive when I realized that my ex-husband had
been drinking since we started driving. I told him to pull over so that I could drive
and he refused and before I knew it we had run into another vehicle.  I remember vividly seeing our car move into the
oncoming traffic. He hit there rear axle and took the whole rear off.  I remember looking through the front
windshield thinking this was the last time I would ever look through a front
windshield.  My life flashed before my
eyes.  All I could think about were my
children, my daughter who was 8 months old at the time and my unborn child in
my tummy.  We finally stopped rolling and
I could not get out of the truck the doors were probably locked and I was in
such shock that I could not unlock them. 
Thank god the window was broken and so I crawled through putting a gash
in my arm from the broken glass.  Our
friend could not get out of the back seat and all I could hear in the distance
was someone screaming for help, but still could not see since it was still
early morning about 5:45 am.  We needed
to be up there early so that we could get a good lookout spot for an elk.  I was ready to shoot this elk with my 7mm-08,
which was ultimately broken over his back. 
I just remember the air being crisp and cold.  It felt like an eternity waiting for the
ambulance to get to the site of the accident. 
There were 3 of us needing to be transported by ambulance so they had to
call the next town over to come pick the last two of us up.  My ex-husband was taken in the first one
since he had been ejected through the front windshield and had an extensive
head injury and come to find out later a broken collar bone.  We got to the hospital and the only injury
that I had ultimately was my gash on my arm. 
They wanted to take x-rays of me to make sure nothing was broken and I
said no since I was pregnant.  They did
scan my brain (CT scan), and everything looked normal.  I just remember the look on my parents face
when they got to the hospital as if they were looking at a ghost they could
have lost me.  I just started crying when
I got to hold my 8 month old daughter. 
She could have lost her mother that day.