Excerpt from Life on the Mississippi, Chapter 4
by Mark Twain
When I was a boy, there was but one permanent ambition among my
comrades in our village of the west bank of the Mississippi River. That was, to
steamboatman. We had transient ambitions of other sorts, but they were
transient. When a circus came and went, it left us all burning to be
lowas the first minstrel show that ever came to our section left us all
cong to try that kind of life; now and then we had a hope that, if we lived
et good. God would permit us to be pirates. These ambitions faded out,
i nts turn; but the ambition to be a steamboatman always remained.
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does transient mean as it is used in the paragraph?
on your annotations, what does transient mean? What clues does the author give?

When I was a boy, there was but one permanent ambition among my comrades in our village on the west bank of the Mississippi River. That was, to be a steamboatman. We had transient ambitions of other sorts, but they were only transient. When a circus came and went, it left us all burning to become clowns; the first negro minstrel show that came to our section left us all suffering to try that kind of life; now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates. These ambitions faded out, each in its turn; but the ambition to be a steamboatman always remained.

Explanation:

should you be the one doing this journal entry? it says "your special talent or skill". are you gonna lie 'bout your talent and make us fake a talent for you?

also this is a really easy journal entry, you can just think of a skill your good at and write did you work hard to become good at this skill (ex: drawing, writing, math, playing music, etc.) or does it come naturally (like a cool trick that you can do with your body). you can do all of that in 150 words. just try and think of a talent and even if your bad at this talent just say your working hard to become good at it.