Sunday, September 25, 2011

White

The writer starts his essay where the story begins, the first time his father had taken the family to the camp.  It's easy to become interested right away with his writing because he is so descriptive. 
The writer only writes about the times at the camp and how they relate back to him now as a grown man with a son of his own.  He is remembering moments with his father at the camp over the years and he makes them with his son now. 
I could imagine each character and moment he held in his memory with ease.  He details were so great that I even imagined vitals I don't own being cold.  He described the entire camp, from the way the forest smelled, to the girl's whom served him his meals. 
There were no quotations throughout, but that didn't take away from the piece.  Every moment was detailed enough for me to see the story unfold in my mind. 
The writer is great as showing us the emotion he has connected with these times wit his father.  It's easy to drawl from it and remember your own. 
I believe the writer has issues with his own mortality and accepting where is was at that point in his life.  The son must have been several years old at that time, yet the writer just now sees his role.  It seems he wants life to not move forward and obsessed about what is the same and what little has changed. 
The writer does a fine job concluding not only the story but the underlining message.

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