Alice
I think that once you
start feeling some of these aging ailments, I think they compound it, because
then you realize that you are not able to do some of the things you like to do,
like walking in the mall, for instance (Line 154-158 of 1st
interview).
The
story of Alice.
Using the metaphor of a flowing river, Alice symbolizes her daily journey of
life in this way: She feels that the flowing river, while constantly changing
its course, can be treacherous, at times. But it also can easily carry her off,
away from the regularities of her life in general. The reason for feeling this
way is the relationship that she makes to the concept of “staying afloat”
throughout life’s changes. She confidently states that she is surviving and
even in the second interview she reiterated that although the river is still
treacherous, it is not as dangerous as she felt it was when talking about it in
the first interview.
