Funk Island

Well I must say at first when I read that the narrator was going to an island that was named Funk Island I was excited just because I had the same name as the island, but as read on I was a little disgusted but in a good way. The author wrote in a way that enhanced all the senses, especially smell. While I was reading I felt like I could smell the island. For example, "The smell of Funk Island is the smell of death. It is probably the source of the island's name, which in various languages means 'to steam,' 'to create a great stench,' 'to smoke'; it may also mean 'fear.' The island certainly smells ghastly. No battlefield could ever concentrate such a coalition of dead and dying." Man oh man that island must have smelled something awful if the author had to use the word 'ghastly' and compare the island to a battle that resulted in a bunch of old people. After reading all about Funk Island and how bad it smells, it just made me want to visit. I think it sounds like a very unique experience so it's an experience that needs to happen. I think it would be a good experience for all the senses. Good for the eyes to see all the green muck and bird feces all over; good for the nose with all the inners of the birds projected out all over the island; good for the sense of touch, to feel the squishy surface as one walked. Even though the island sounds like something that no person should venture to I think those places are what get ingrained into one's memory because it is so vivid.