premise: This island is my life landmark . I first played house in the rocks behind the waterfall when I was 6 , and I ' ve been going back ever since . The turtles die , the geese get eaten and replaced and the fish get fat and reproduce . I come , I go . Why do you see the island as your life landmark ?
hypothesis: I see it as an analogy for life because I 've been going there for many years and I have seen how the island has changed over time just as I have