An obituary written by Ryan Hynes about his grandmother, Marianne Tuholski, struck me particularly because of the blunt verbiage used in his piece. After reading several other passionate-worded obituaries, Tuholski’s nonchalance shocked me; moreover, the very first paragraph of this piece made my jaw drop, literally. “I think Grandma wanted the week’s drama to surround her, not a laptop. So she died.” Immediately, Marianne is depicted negatively, as an attention-seeker. From a first glance, it seems as if Ryan is not fond of her grandmother, but the reader knows that is untrue because, why else would he write about her? As I read on, I thought that Ryan’s reflection of his grandmother would improve, yet he continued to throw jabs at his grandmother,
