A Visit To The Elderly Home Analysis

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A memorable Experience- A Visit To The Elderly Home

Introduction Narration is a powerful and persuasive concept in writing that critically strives to capture the attention of any avid reader. Authors and playwrights endeavour to attract their audience by tactfully selecting the words and phrases to incorporate in their essays. This same approach is one that the current student strives to achieve when preparing their assignment or term papers. The combination of narration and persuasive writing often elicits a positive reaction where a reader is sucked into a novel or book. This paper is an essay that combines descriptive writing and narration to document a memorable experience in life.

Discussion The decision to visit a home for the elderly …show more content…

I observed that the simple gesture of coming to spend a day with these people gave them a lot of excitement and happiness. In fact, most of them were beaming with delight at the thought that a person who is not related to them can spare time to come and see them. I was particularly fascinated by one lady who had her own special chair that she had decorated a lot with beads. I approached her and she gave me her story of how she was brought to the facility. She explained that her family brought her there because they could not juggle between raising their children, attending work and visiting her on weekdays as is the case with most people living in such shelters (Stephens et al, …show more content…

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