In the essay the author used descriptions of the area it was placed to give the reader a sense of the atmosphere this situation was in. For example: ” I live in Upstate New York but it’s not unusual to see someone along Route 20…..” or ” I glanced down the road Jets Auto Body, Copeland coating, Thomas Tire Company and the half mile hill outside Nassau, so steep there is a second lane for trucks.” Murray also describes this woman in much detail” thin arms waving, spine a little bent. Wisp of white hair lilting as the tucks whiz by.” She also gave the insight to how it made her feel referring back to her own mother,” already I was seeing my own mother, who’s 90.” And how in a very short time she went from doing everything and having so much to surround her at home to not being able to remember how to dress herself anymore. The author also wanted to show the fear from the elderly women’s point of view. ” no please” she said again.”My son will find out.” It makes you think, had he threatened her with a nursing home previously? Is she in an abusive home? How often does she get lost?think the author was trying to make the reader understand and see both points of view in one article of reading. One of the hardest things to do is give up everything you have worked your whole life to achieve. Some elderly see going to a nursing home as a death is nearing and it is terrifying. Others welcome a home because their life at home isn’t the greatest
