Kashmala Rehman
Losing a cherished one is sorrowful enough, but watching a loved one go away slowly is even more depressing. Alzheimer’s is a disease that can occur is middle to old age which causes people to lose their memory and other important mental functions. In the stories “The Moustache” and “Jan’s Story”, Mike and Barry go through a traumatic experience of losing a loved one because of the disease. They had to be a caregiver for the person who had lost their memory and as a result, they experienced changes in their own lives.
In “The Moustache”, a young boy named Mike grew a mustache because he wanted to look older, but little did he know, it came with a lot of responsibility. He went to visit his grandmother in the nursing home. Because of Alzheimer’s, Mike’s grandmother mistook …show more content…
Barry explains in his words how he saw his love disappearing more and more everyday. In the story, it says, “...like saying goodbye by going to the same funeral over and over again”. His quote shows that it was really difficult for him to see his wife suffering. Even though Jan has Alzheimer’s, she lived life to fullest. Seeing his wife with Alzheimer’s affected Barry because it reminded him to enjoy every moment of life. In the conclusion of the story, “The Jan I knew is all but gone to me now, but I remember what she always taught me…to embrace life”. Alzheimer’s isn’t just a pain for the victim, but also for the person who’s related with the person who has the disease. In the stories “The Moustache” and “Jan’s Story”, Mike and Barry’s lives are affected because they dealt with a loved one who had Alzheimer’s. It’s a disease that is incurable and can happen to anyone, therefore, the caregivers have to be strong and supportive to the patient even though they are miserable from inside. I’ve never experienced losing someone or something that I really loved before, but I still get how terrible it must
Losing a cherished one is sorrowful enough, but watching a loved one go away slowly is even more depressing. Alzheimer’s is a disease that can occur is middle to old age which causes people to lose their memory and other important mental functions. In the stories “The Moustache” and “Jan’s Story”, Mike and Barry go through a traumatic experience of losing a loved one because of the disease. They had to be a caregiver for the person who had lost their memory and as a result, they experienced changes in their own lives.
In “The Moustache”, a young boy named Mike grew a mustache because he wanted to look older, but little did he know, it came with a lot of responsibility. He went to visit his grandmother in the nursing home. Because of Alzheimer’s, Mike’s grandmother mistook …show more content…
Barry explains in his words how he saw his love disappearing more and more everyday. In the story, it says, “...like saying goodbye by going to the same funeral over and over again”. His quote shows that it was really difficult for him to see his wife suffering. Even though Jan has Alzheimer’s, she lived life to fullest. Seeing his wife with Alzheimer’s affected Barry because it reminded him to enjoy every moment of life. In the conclusion of the story, “The Jan I knew is all but gone to me now, but I remember what she always taught me…to embrace life”. Alzheimer’s isn’t just a pain for the victim, but also for the person who’s related with the person who has the disease. In the stories “The Moustache” and “Jan’s Story”, Mike and Barry’s lives are affected because they dealt with a loved one who had Alzheimer’s. It’s a disease that is incurable and can happen to anyone, therefore, the caregivers have to be strong and supportive to the patient even though they are miserable from inside. I’ve never experienced losing someone or something that I really loved before, but I still get how terrible it must