Summary Of The Last True Story I Ll Ever Tell

I have decided to use both stories for my essay. In "The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell." John Crawford he writes, “It was just a vision of what home could or should be” (2822). I related to Crawford’s story because I was affected by hurricane Katrina in 2005. As a result of the hurricane my life as I knew it was no longer the same. Crawford story is about a fictional account of what his life would be like when he returned home from Iraq. He and his wife takes a drive on a long road where they go to his old country hometown in Palatka, Florida. While there is reunites with old friends at the Blue Crab Festival which as described is a reason for the people to drink beer and eat fried food. He reminisces about his old town the people, food, and smell and makes reference to Baghdad. While drinking John and his wife are having a great time until one of his friends request he tell a story
Didion is making reference to her knowing that her spouse was dead. I experience a situation similar when my dad died. I had to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Didion tells a story about the evening her husband died. She fixed him two drinks and shortly after he doubled over the table before falling to the floor. First she thought that he was telling a joke, but then realized he was not. Next Didion attempted the Heimlich as she thought he choked on food. She dialed for help and told the dispatcher just come as they questioned her. When Didion arrived to the hospital she already had a feeling that her husband died by the way her living room looked as she described it an emergency room. When the social worker approached her she did not want to hear that her husband was dead so she did not allow them to tell her that, in her mind if they did not say it, the it was not real. She later realized that thoughts were her