All three of the essays were really good at conveying a mood when describing a phase in the writer's life. The first essay I read, "Once More to the Lake," seemed to convey a calm mood when the writer described his past. He gave us the details of him going to the lake for a month every year when he was a kid and how calm and peaceful it would be and how much fun he would have at the lake. However, when he goes back with his son he conveys an eerie mood because he views his son as himself as a child and himself as his father. This generation change causes a "creepy sensation," because when he see himself doing something or saying something he sees his father.
The next essay, "Hooked," portrays an accomplished feeling. The first time the writer catches one of the huge Bass from his secret fishing hole, he decides to throw it back and catch it again rather than taking it home with him and showing everyone. This shows that he likes the successful feeling of catching the massive fish. Rather than taking the fish he caught home just so that he could brag about it, he decided that he would be happier just repeating the self-accomplishment he received by catching the fish.
The last essay, "Innocence is Bliss," conveys a blissful feeling. The writer describes her summer the year before freshman year. She states that it was the best time in her life, and that it was a time where she was the happiest she's ever been. She had not yet entered high school, so her life was still relatively easy and straightforward. Sometimes I think we all wish that we could go back to a time in our life when we were younger and more innocent and when life was easier.
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