The First Academy Building. I haven't been here in so long. I should visit the tree after this.
Setting: ...I made my way across a wide yard, called the Far Commons, and up to a building as red brick and balanced as the other major buildings, but with a largecupola and a bell and a clock and Latin over the doorway—the First Academy Building. (Knowles 11)
Literary Element: Nothing endures, not a tree, not love, not even a death by violence. (Knowles 14)
The tree..It really does seem that, Nothing endures, not a tree, not love, not even a death by violence. (Knowles 14)
I remember coming here all the time with Finny.
Character: “What I like best about this tree,” he said in that voice of his, the equivalent in sound of a hypnotist’s eyes, “what I like is that it’s such a cinch!” He opened his green eyes wider and gave us his maniac look, and only the smirk on his wide mouth with its droll, slightly protruding upper lip reassured us that he wasn’t completely goofy. (Knowles 14)
What I like about this tree, what I like is that it's such a cinch!