Since First Person is telling a story in the eyes of one of the characters and uses the pronouns I, me, my, we, us, etc it let's you get a feel for the character a little more than you normally would in any other type of writing style.
Another effective way to ensure that your essay is well-organized is to use structural cues in your writing, such as “also” and “furthermore” to show that you're adding support to a point, or “however” and “conversely” to show that you're changing directions.