THE ADMIRAL

 

Title: The Admiral

Author: Coreen Glynn

Genre: Reminiscence

Setting: McDonald's

Main Characters: Jimmy (The Admiral) and Coreen Glynn

Point of View: First Person

Theme: Friendship

Tone: Sad

Plot: This story is about a young girl who has a friend that is some source of homeless. Sh always used to see and talked to him at McDonald's. Jimmy used to have a lot of friends. At the end Jimmy dies.

Literacy Device: Characterization

 

Personal Response:

 

Critical lens

The author Vince Lombard wrote this quote "Winning is not the most important thing, it's everything." In my opinion he means that being successful is not the greatest thing, it's everything. In the reminiscence "The Admiral by Coreen Glynn. The Characterization in this story is based on a guy named Jimmy. He was some source of homeless but still he was successful because he had many friends and enjoyed every minute of his life.