How in the World Do You Get a Goose Untangled from Tree Vines?

Connors’ essay is titled with a question because throughout the personal narrative, Connors tries to figure out that exact problem. The title grabs the readers’ attention and makes them think how they would get the skunk out of the bottle themselves. Personally, before I read this narrative I didn’t think it was going to actually be about getting a skunk out of a bottle. I thought the title was either a metaphor I had never heard of or was symbolic of an event in the narrative. I was very surprised when the narrative was about getting a skunk out of a bottle. This is definitely a situation that I will probably never have the opportunity to encounter.

Connors writes a process analysis essay about completing such an unlikely task because this is a situation that actually occurred during his life. Sure, people may never encounter a skunk in a bottle, but maybe they will encounter plastic from a pack of soda cans wrapped around a bird’s neck or maybe a boy in the park who’s crying because he lost his mother. Whether it is a person or an animal, readers’ should learn from Connors’ essay to try their best to help others out when they’re in a dangerous situation.

I actually was in a similar type of situation as Robert Connors. I was about thirteen years old and was with two of my friends at Wolfs Pond Park. We were walking around when we saw a goose entangled in vines from a tree. The goose was struggling to get out but he couldn’t get unstuck. We all knew that it would be dangerous as kids to try and get the goose out ourselves so two of us stayed with the goose and the other girl went to get an employee who works for the parks department. The parks department employee called Animal Control to get the goose free. Shortly after, Animal Control came to rescue the goose and was quickly untangled from the vines.

Even though, we did not untangle the goose from the vines ourselves, we still helped the goose get unraveled by getting the parks department employee and Animal Control. People in our society need to look out for each other and help everyone out, including animals. This will make people feel safer if they are in dangerous situations and make the world a better place for all living things.