"Ascension of the Moonlight" blog post

The theme of the essay "Ascension of the Moonlight" is that there is beauty in both solidarity and serenity. Winchester talks about the unique event of being able to see the sea turtles and the events in the sky while mentioning the calm and alienated setting of both the island of Ascension and the white-sand beach. He describes the top of Green Mountain that he climbed to by saying that he could "see a hundred kilometers in all directions, and the ocean - looking like an unblemished sheet of hammered pewter - stretched empty to every horizon. It was so lonely". The use of this description of the sites that he could see create an image in the readers mind of the summit and its alienation. The breathtaking sights he finds while alone prove that beauty comes along with solidarity. Then when the sea turtles first came out of the water and started laying eggs, all three who were on the trip went silent. This was even followed by a total lunar eclipse and a comet. The serenity of the ocean and beach front, the alienation of the island and the beach front, and the serenity of watching the sea turtles and the sky in complete silence contribute to the overall message: that beauty is found in calm situations. A second example of effective language is when he is describing the movement of the turtles across the beach. The description saying the turtles were "moving slowly and almost painfully up the sloping sand, like wounded soldiers of an invasion force":  creates a visual by using a simile and giving a comparison to imagine. Overall, throughout this essay the theme is seen in many cases: beauty is in solidarity and serenity. 

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