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The Backward Fall Short Story Theme

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A7: More Stories- “The Backward Fall” by Jason Helmandollar

“The Backwards Fall” by Jason Helmandollar, portrays the struggles of love in an elderly couple’s relationship. The couple are displayed as dynamic and round characters since they are changing and adapting to the situations that they come across. The conflict starts when the main character, tried to sing a song but realized she had a memory problem when she could not recall the song. Unfortunately, this dementia was taking a large toll on her life and also on her husband, George. He reassures his wife that nothing will happen to her and if something does he will be by her side regardless to help her. The character, George, upon being faced with such a hard situation, and eventually

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