When I Read, & Z For Zachariah

“The only lonely one”

The people in the 2 poems & the story, they basically think they are alone. But, then they find out they're not alone. There will poems & a story to talk about, “The sidewalk racer”, “When I Read”, & Z for Zachariah, in these paragraphs.There are similarities & differences in the way the characters view being alone.

One, in the 1st poem, “ The Sidewalk Racer,” the author addresses the meaning of being alone by writing about someone who is riding a skateboard. In the poem the speaker says, “ I’m the one & only single human automobile.” The author is comparing himself to make it feel like the author is the only car. I think the author could be very sad, or mad about being the only one in the car. What I think I’m saying is that he is lonely. Although, The author thinks of him as a car, & makes it feel as if the author is the only one car. The author’s addressed meaning of being alone is why he is writing about he does / doesn’t like being alone.
I plunge right in & until the story’s over I don’t come up for air, while what the author is trying to say is he won’t come up for air until the story is finished. I think he wants to read, but when he reads, he has to stop. I think the author hates being disturbed, while reading his book. I think he should just read in his spare time The author’s meaning of being alone is that he would like to read his