Analysis Of Santa Monica Pier

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Andrea Fletcher

Professor Lisa McBride

English 121

2 October 2017

Santa Monica Pier: The End of Route 66

The California coastline is full of many beautiful beaches and breathtaking views. One of these places is the Santa Monica Pier, which is one of the oldest piers in California and has a rich history of change and resilience in spite of many challenges to its survival. If you arrive early in the morning before tourists swarm the amusement park side of the pier, the charm and nostalgia of the wooden pier transport you to a different kind of life, where nothing feels more important than the creak of the wooden planks beneath your feet, the fresh salty air, and the ocean that stretches out endlessly in front of you. Santa Monica …show more content…

I was newly on my own after moving out of my parents’ house and had just ended a harmful relationship with an aspiring boxer whose career had brought us to Las Vegas, Nevada. The logical thing to do would have been to immediately return to my hometown of Wichita, Kansas, and surround myself with loved ones, but being the rebellious and dramatic young adult that I was, I decided to do the opposite and try to stay on my own. I began to look for a job and a place to stay besides the extended stay hotel I was at, and in that process I met someone new. The man I met was very generous and sweet and after casually mentioning that I had never seen the ocean, he surprised me with a weekend trip to Santa Monica, which was only about 4 hours away. I was ecstatic. The happiness I felt when I first stepped on the sand washed over me and I couldn’t stop smiling as I walked into the surf. I stood there for at least thirty minutes, feeling the current pull the sand out from under my feet, lost in the vastness of the ocean. My date had to practically drag me out of the water to see the amusement park. I rode on the roller coaster several times, which was an amazing experience, but the Ferris Wheel was surreal, as I dangled up high over the ocean. I wandered through the rides, but all I really wanted to do was go back to the shoreline and bask in the sun and

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