Like many pieces of non-fiction writing, you always have to ask yourself why you think this person felt it necessary to tell this story and why it is that you should care about this. It is a story within a story about people and places we don’t know, and we’re not even sure when the story itself is taking place. Having asked myself these things, I found this story to be very intriguing and extremely relatable. I could envision myself going on a very similar adventure as this, trying to connect things from the past to things in the present, all the while giving me a better picture of the world around me. I enjoy the idea of discovering things previously unknown to others or myself and then sharing whatever I have learned. I explore historical sights all around Athens and try to read up on local history as much as I can because it shows you how this place became what it is today.
I can only hope that my grandmother kept some type of diary at some point in her life and that someday I could go on a similar journey. My grandma grew up in the South during the Great Depression and from what I know, had a pretty hard life in general. However, I have never really inquired into her history because she is always too concerned with my life. Experiences like these give you an amazing insight into what a family member was like at various points in their life, and Blew should feel lucky for the experience.
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