Situation
Henry falls in love and lives with a woman named Helen but she wants to study in Boston.
Setting
California, Boston, and Helen's house
Characters
Henry, Helen and Scruffy.
Rising Action
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Helen decides to study in Boston and visits Henry three times every semester.
Climax
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Helen is sent back from the University and is diagnosed with a very early dementia.
Falling Action
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Helen's dementia gets worse and keeps forgetting things. She is taken care of in her home by Henry.
Resolution
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Helen forgets who Henry is and forgets about their relationship.
Characters
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Henry-protagonist who is a student in Stamford university of California
Helen- secondary character who was a woman who lived in California who later gets dementia
Setting
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The setting of this short story is basically in California and it develops basically in a year or two.
Point of view
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It is written in a third person perspective.
Theme
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The story unfolds an unfaithful truth to the protagonist but even with this conflict he still loves Helen and remains by her side in sickness and even when she forgets him he will still be there to love and help her.
Conflict
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Helen is starting to lose her memory and in the end she forgets who Henry is.
Atmosphere
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The story starts off happy and well but later on it takes a turn and it becomes sad, frustrating and depressing.
Mood
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The author has seen this happen and it impacted him a lot with sadness and tragedy.