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• The writer does an excellent job of reeling us into this story.  He also gives permanent information to help the reader fully understand the story. 
• The writer focuses on one particular story for the duration of the essay.  He does get into other accounts for the benefit of the reader, as there in-lies important details.
• His accounts are very detailed and descriptive, which really allowed me to visualize the events.  
• The writer utilizes quoted speech many times throughout the essay.  It was just the right amount to help the reader picture the situation.  They also added a great deal of humor to the story and made it so you could have almost been there yourself.  It showed the character of everyone.
• His accounts were described so well that it was with the least of difficulty to have correlations of my own.
• The author wanted the reader to find humor in this situation with the grandparent.  Details was given in order to establish why certain elements were important.  His explanations make perfect sense.
• His conclusion was not only the end of the story but how the story impacted his life.  He wants us to see that he can now find much humor in these events that once caused him stress, I'm sure.