Speech And You Essay, Research Paper

Mrs. Sirof Chris Medici

English 3r Per 1

From the memior of Jenn Gooley

As the sun rose up that summer day on the beach of Fire Island, Jen

woke up to the smell of the ocean and the sounds of the waves crashing on

the shore of the beach. Jen was staying with her close cousins and family.

She was camping on the beach, and her cousins started a conversation with

her. They tried to pursue and convince her to try to surf for the first time. Jen

was so excited and couldn’t wait to try. Her cousin gave her a board and they

got in the water with her. As she stepped into the water, she felt the

excitement in the cold water.

They were in the water, all on their boards, talking together

One of her cousins told her that it might take a couple of times to get up.

She didn’t pay much attention to that comment; she just got on her board. She

picked out her wave, jumped on her board and she was up. Her cousins

cheered her on as she rode the wave down to the shore. They surfed for

hours, even though the water was freezing. Eventually they got out of the

water, and went back to their campsite. They talked about it all night, the

feeling of riding that wave. Soon all of them were getting excited and ready

to surf. “It was 2 am”, one of the cousins said. Then Jen said, “lets surf.”

They got in the ice cold water and began to surf for almost an hour. After they

departed the ocean a feeling of completion went through Jens body. She thought

about that first wave she rode all night.