Memory Moments In Novelette Old Woman Island

Memory moments are usually used by authors to easily show the past memory of the main character and to briefly introduce the settings of the story. In the novelette Old Woman Island by George Lalor, he incorporate memory moments in the first three chapters of one of the main characters, Timothy Flynn. The story started to when Timothy Flynn was driving up the road to Flynn’s Landing while recalling his grandpa’s sawmill: “... its giant swirling blades that screamed across water and its all surrounding heaps of slabs and yellow sawdust.”(1) This memory of Flynn gives an idea of what the place looks like. “He also remembered Joshua McIvor’s general store and trading post that reeked the coil oil, buckskin, beaver pelts and coffee.” (1) This memory