Week Ten Activity Two

Alley Cat-A Digital Story by Karen Haney

Point of View: The point of view is from a young girl, discussing her grandmother. The story is told in first person because this young lady is discussing personal experiences and memories.

Dramatic Question: "Two years ago, Grandmother moved to Kansas City, so we do live together, but not as I expected. Not the way it was supposed to be." This statement captured the audience's attention and left them wanting to know more. 

Emotional Content: This story focuses around a young girl who always wanted to live with her grandmother in her little red house. As the dramatic question states, one day they did live together, but not in the little red house. Her grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease, and the author describes that as “having random access to memories.” The emotional content of this video is very powerful as you hear the sadness in the narrator’s voice and travel through her memories with her grandmother. She focuses on very good memories, and the video informs the audience that just because a person has Alzheimer’s Disease, does not mean there will be no more good memories.

I related to this story through the loss of my grandparents. They were fortunate enough to never have Alzheimer’s Disease, but I still saw them suffer. I can relate to this young lady, because I know what it feels like to continually think back on all the good memories, and dream for more.

Source:

Haney, Karen (April, 2012). Alley cat a digital story by Karen Haney. Retrieved from

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X6brtJBMCs&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PL40FE28CF7CC65EC0