1. What was Leah Hager Cohen’s earliest memory of her grandfather? Since she can’t sign and
he’s unable to speak, how do they communicate?
Her earliest memory of her grandfather was his chin. They communicated when he would lift us grandchildren up, most frequently by the elbows, and nuzzle our cheeks vigorously. This abrasive ritual greeting was there primary means of communication.
2. What is the significance of the essay’s title? What do you think the “words left unspoken” are?
The significance of the title is that she never got to actually talk to her grandpa. I feel like this is a bit of foreshadowing for how she feels about her relationship with her grandpa.
3. What do you think Cohen means when she says, “That was the longest conversation we ever
had”?
To me she means that it was just her and her grandpa away from everybody else but they were together in harmony with there foot steps.
4. What figures of speech (see yesterday’s notes) does Cohen use in the essay?
Cohen uses objective description in this essay.
5. In the last paragraph, Cohen says that now, after her grandfather’s death, “everything seems
like a clue.” What do you think she means by this? Do you think this is an effective way to
end the essay? Why or why not?
To me I feel like she thinks that everything her and her grandpa did had a meaning even though they never actually had a conversation it didn't matter because everything they did had a reason. I think it is an okay way to end an essay it keeps people wondering hey what did she mean by that.
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