Monday, October 13, 2008

"My father always said" and "Fittings"

The reading yesterday, "Fittings," had a great deal of impact on me. I really related to the character and the situation, it all seemed so real, because I have dealt with the same thing myself. My grandmother is almost 90 years old and has struggled with alzheimers for the past few years. I could really relate w/what was going on with the main character (who in my case is very similar to my mom, she is the daughter taking care of her mother, he is the son taking care of his in the story) because very similar experiences have happenned to me. My grandmother doesn't know who we are, frequent random flashbacks always occur. I was thinking about saving this story for my mom to read it, she might cry it was so realistic. If anyone has dealt with an experience like this one, they could definitely relate.
The other story was pretty good too, although I couldn't really relate to it myself, the story seemed quite real. I liked how the narrorator went back to Reindheim when she grew up and was able to compare the experience she had when her father took her there as a child to the experience she had when she went alone growing up...it makes me want an experience like that myself.

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