Treat
Velma Wallis writes, “This (riding with her father) was a treat I did not want to share with my sleeping siblings.” The rhetorical ‘treat’ renders the opening of riding with her father a treasurable prospect that would not be switched with slumber.
Magical Event
Wallis recalls, “I sat still as my father pulled on the starting rope and prepared to take off.I did not want to shatter this magical event.” Manoeuvring of the boat is delightful; hence, Velma embraces calmness to delight in it. She considers slight movement a disturbance of the thrilling occasion.
Whirlwind
Wallis elucidates, “The next morning, when my mother went to take Itchoo her breakfast, she found my grandmother’s house a mess. Her Bible lay open on the floor, and papers and other special items were strewn about as if blown by a small whirlwind. My grandmother lay there, breathing but unresponsive.” The emblematic whirlwind accentuates the adversarial changes which supervene after the devastation of ‘Itchoo's tree.’ Grandmother ascribes her survival to the tree , so once it is wrecked, her life terminates. The mystic whirlwind avows the inescapability of Grandmother’s departure.
