One More Time Together

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Narrative Essay One More Time Together “One More Time Together”, is an essay that takes place at an enchanting lake up in the Sierra’s. The author tries to establish the links of her present life with her past experiences: When she was a little girl her grandfather and she would go camping at the lake together. Now this was a favorite place of theirs because they were able to take their horses. The granddaughter is full of expectations, as this camping excursion to the lake symbolizes her childhood times when it was the most carefree period of her life. The decision they made to go horseback riding and camping in the Sierra’s; at the lake may be an attempt to return to her childhood. Or at least her wonderful memories of her grandfather and her have their special bonding time together; like when she was in her youth. The granddaughter is depressed and it may not be very obvious while reading the beginning. This is where she describes the lake of her childhood, with the same lake during her now adult years. “It was like the old black and white western movies that she had seen long ago.” The main reason for such a kind of depression is the fact that she is not able to return to her once childhood. The fact she is getting older as she is not able to remember all of their joyful time while they bond at the lake. Another important detail which is mentioned by the author is that the lake also had changed since the last time she was there. In her childhood years the lake was nearly wildlife preserve, with loads of birds, wildlife, and absolutely no goods roads; just trails for hiking and horseback riding. Now the lake in the Sierra’s had drastically changed: “The lake had never been what you would call a wild lake. There were cottages sprinkled around the shores, and it was in a heavily wooded forest although the shores of the lake were quite bare.” Such
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