Read the stories about grandmothers on pp. 364-373 in chapter 9. Although these two stories are very different, each contains an elderly woman as its main character. Write an essay that compares these two characters, the stories they tell, and the effect that their stories have on the reader. What is the story that each grandmother tells, either aloud or in her head? How does each story explore big questions such as love and death? What is left unresolved in each story? Howand whydo you, the reader, have to guess at the meaning of each story?
