A Coney Island Life Final Draft

         

       In life you may never know exactly when your time will be up. You just know that eventually it will run out. So with that little time that you have you should make the best of it, and keep striving for more and never settle. "A Coney Island life" by James Weil is a poem that's about a man that has lived on the coney island his whole life and is telling us about his life and how little time he has left. But this poem teaches people to appreciate everything that life has given us but to always strive for more. So that when your time does run out you know that you will have achieved that brass ring.
      One of the main things that James Weil is preaching in this poem is that everyone should be thankful for what they receive and achieve, because no one ever knows when they wont be able to do those things anymore. For example in the poem when James Weil says "how many more times round I have left."  hes saying that he personally doesn't have that much time left in his life and he wasn't really thankful for what he has received and achieved in his life and he has only realized now that he should have been more thankful for those things. And when James weil says"Before the game is up." He is saying that when their time is up its UP and they don't have any second chances so they should me the most of what they have left and not live with any regrets.
      The main things that James Weil is preaching in this poem is that people should always want more and never settle or give up. Because if they do they won't achieve anything in life and we won't be happy. And what James Weil is saying when he says "Now arms filled with dolls I threw so much for." Is that he never gave up or even settled and for doing so he has recieved many awards and prizes. So that's what he wants everyone to do also. So that we can live a more happy and fun life. In the poem when James Weil says "On roller coaster ups and downs."  Hes saying that in life there are going to be times where you are going to be over joyed with happiness and also times of struggle and sadness but to always remember to enjoy the good times and work threw the bad and make the most of your life.
        Therefore, we should work hard dream big and never give up. And we should also appreciate everything that life offers us and take it because we never know when we will get that chance again. But most importantly we should make the most of our life and keep on moving forward to reach the brass ring.