Mistake Story

In the book Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns Will made a mistake that is dangerous and impulsive. Will walked across a train trestle. Will made it halfway across when a train starts to come down the track. Will still found a way to make it out of getting injured but he still could have died. The author makes this part in the book very vivid because she is describing everything that is happening about Will and the train.
A time when I was making a dangerous mistake was when I was around six years old. I was with my little sister in the car when my mom was talking to her friend outside and I decided to go to the front seat and put the car in drive. She had told me beforehand to not go in the front seat, but of course a six year old is not going to listen. The car was also on a hill at the time. My mom and her friend started running to the car and my mom’s friend jumped in the side and put the car in park. That was a stupid and impulsive mistake and I never touched the handle to pull it into drive until around last year.
Will Tweedy and I have somewhat similar mistakes. I made mine happen, but he and I still did not know what was coming. When I was going down the hill I was having fun because I did not know at the time that it was too dangerous, but Will knew what he was getting himself into.

Who am I Similar To?

In the Book Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns, Will is similar to his Grandpa. He was told by his granny that he walked like him, twitched his shoulders liked him, and looked like him. His granny told him he was a spitting image of Grandpa Blakeslee. The only difference was that Will had brown eyes and Grandpa Blakeslee had blue.
In my family I am similar to my mother. Many people say that I look like her. We both have different colored eyes, hers are blue, mine are green.

My Reaction

My reaction to “Cold Sassy Tree” is that it is an okay book so far. The writer brings me into the book by the way that people act in it. I like how the writer uses the accents that make you feel as if you were in the book. The characters are very interesting and it’s fun to see how they act toward people in their community. The young boy Will really informs you about Cold Sassy and what they think is wrong or right.