I thought the introductory paragraph set the scene for the story very well, but i didnt think the story would be told in the way that it was. i thought the story would be about his grandmother raising him from a little child until her passing but that was not the case.
      
          I found the a few stricking phrases in this story, like the one where he would talk about his father and his journey to work everyday for 30 years and how he would bring home certian magizines or news articals like clock work on certian days. But what i found most stricking was when he would talk about when his grandmother was getting old and cenile, how she would smear her feces all over her body and she would tear holes into the furniture and the sheets. I didnt expect him to get so in depth about his grandmothers condition right before she passed.

           Then at the end of the story where he says " Call no man happy until he be dead" by by greek lawgiver solon. then he gives his own little speal about his mother that he thought of so highly, was so strong willed and was the back bone of the family, now she is in the same situation as his grandmother. I thought that was a very good ending to the story because no matter how strong willed some people are (like he thought his mother was) they sercome to the realization of being old and cenile.