As a child in Cornwall, England, Virginia Woolf had some irreversible fishing experiences that have influenced her life. In this excerpt, Woolf's language obviously conveys the significance of those moments. Woolf uses her language in her first had experiences, her father's impression, and at the end of the passage to help enhance these lasting moments.
             Woolf blatantly states "how can I convey the excitement" (15-16) of fishing. Immediately after, she describes "there was a little leaping tug [...] up through the water at length came the white twisting fish" (16-17). While Woolf doesn't use vivid adjectives to tell of her experiences, what she remembers is enough to signal the reader of her "excitement" for fishing. Further than that, you might sat that just as Woolf caught that fish her interest in fishing took a "leap" (16) and came "up through the water" (17-18). I think Woolf's personal account of the fishing trip proves that it was a significant enough event to remember specific details. And that on the same trip, Woolf wants you to realize that she realized the value of her experience.
             quite the opposite of Woolf's excitement for fishing in general, was her father's opinion. Her father doesn't "like to see fish caught" (24). and says he feels opposite her daughter. She notes he made "a perfect lesson." His calmly and "simply" (26) stated feelings sunk right into her heart. Woolf uses a calmer sense in her language immediately after her father's "lesson" (25). She now focuses on her thoughts, and really expresses no personal opinion except to say that her "passion for the thrill" (28) was "slowly extinguished" (30). I believe Woolf meant to calm her writing down to portray that she was calming down. However, its important to note that her father's words only has a signific...