Aleksandra Petrova S. Urbania English 101 November, 2009 The rigin b!

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$irst, % &o'ld like to sa! that "ara#k bama(s &riting is tr'l! delight)'l. % am ama*ed at ho& he brings the reader into the most intimate parts o) his li)e. +e opens himsel) to his a'dien#e, something that apparentl! is not #hara#teristi# o) him. ,enerall!, "ara#k is a ver! private person. +e is introverted, and onl! on#e in the &hile allo&s others to engage him intimatel!, and then onl! )or a ver! brie) moment. % also en-o!ed the detailed des#riptions in "ara#k(s memoir. $or e.ample, &hen des#ribing a neighbor he &rites /% remember there &as an old man living ne.t door &ho seemed to share m! disposition. +e lived alone, a ga'nt, stooped )ig're &ho &ore a heav! bla#k over#oat and a misshaped )edora./ "ara#k goes on to e.plain that he &o'ld help the old man o##asionall!, b't never re#eived a thank !o' )rom him. % en-o!ed reading this passage be#a'se someho& it made me )eel that "ara#k(s spirit and personalit! #an be vis'ali*ed and better appre#iated. There are also the stories he shares &ith the reader abo't his )ather. "ara#k(s )eeling are ver! #omple. abo't this matter. n one hand "ara#k presents his )ather as a man o) #hara#ter &ho is interesting and #harismati#. n the other hand, there is the sense that there is an 'nspoken 0'estion1 2h! did !o' leave3 A 0'estion that "ara#k never had a #han#e to ask his )ather and never got a #han#e to hear an ans&er. +o&ever, "ara#k does e.plain to the reader &h! his )ather le)t, and more sentimentall!, he also &rites that no matter the distan#e, /the bond o) love s'rvived the distan#es/4 %n #on#l'sion, this stor! reall! to'#hed me. "ara#k shares his e.perien#e, )eelings, and tho'ghts, &hi#h sho&ed me his personalit! and bro'ght me #loser to him as a person.