This short story starts off to be about 15 pages long. The story starts off with the bright sun shining down at the breakfast table, with hot air but with a nice cooling breeze. A family had set themselves out to go on a vacation, including a 12 year old boy named Philip, who is a very smart kid but always keeps things to himself, never shows off or anything, English uncle Phil who was a typical musician; that looked older, had pale skin colour and without any defined muscles but was not fat or overweight, Aunt Sally who was the wife of Uncle Phil, Philip's mother and father as well as two younger siblings; one brother named Tommy and one sister by the name of Sasha. They decided to take their vacation to Jamaica then their next stop was Canada. In other words, their vacation was hot then cold, which was not a great idea for everyone in the family, they wanted it to be cold then hot. Considering this whole vacation was family time, they all had a big breakfast together just enough to fill them for the whole day. Once their meal was all done, Aunt Sally and Philip's mother and father made a final decision that they will go whale watching, while Uncle Phil and the three kids would drive to the famous "Long Beach." Uncle Phil and the kids had arrive to the beach safely, however they noticed the beach was very empty; they only noticed a yellow umbrella from a far distance that had looked as if there were only two people under it or maybe even more. But that did not stop any of them, they loved the fact that there was not very many people there. Uncle Phil wanted to go somewhere far away from any kind of people, even though there were barely any people, he quickly rushed to find a good spot. Sasha and Tommy wanted to play Save the Queen, which is a game that involves a queen, a stick or a shell or moulded sand, which you built a sandcastle including all the great walls that are specifically in a castle, all to keep the rising tide from getting in and drowning her. And of course, all three kids wanted Uncle Phil to be the Queen, meanwhile his kite is in the high air. However, this whole game did not end on a great note, Uncle Phil was all of a sudden not talking and his bottle of Gin started dripping from his mouth. They all noticed Uncle Phil was not breathing. Philip tried to save him and tried to get help, it was too late Uncle Phil's body was laying on the sand, with no breathing what so ever and with his head in the water. Everytime a new wave hit, all you could see was his kite trick, which was unknown in the story; Uncle Phil did not tell any of the kids what the actual kite trick was. The theme of this story is try not to take things for granted, be happy with what you got.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
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*could you explain what was the "kite trick" ? *what was the theme of this short story?
ReplyDeleteSo how did uncle Phil die? Also what is the "kite trick"?
ReplyDeleteWhat was the setting of the story? What do you think the theme of the story is? Why?
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to Phil? Did he survive or not?
Thank you for the comments :)
ReplyDeleteFixed it up a bit because of you guys :)
Do you feel that the theme of this story relates to your life? And do you follow the theme on a daily basis? "Try not to take things for granted, be happy with what you got."
ReplyDeletePersonally, I do at times take things for granted and I think everybody does at times. But it's really good to be thankful for what you have because so many more people out there have it worse than you and they are happier. Overall, I believe I am happy with what I got. I have everything I need. :)
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