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    1) The document analyzes Russell Baker's essay "Growing Up" which describes his mother's declining health and slipping mind as she ages. 2) Baker uses descriptions of movement to contrast his mother's once lively and joyful nature with her later bedridden and weakened state. 3) As his mother's condition deteriorates, Baker's writing shifts from depicting her strong and secure movements to more undefined and "free-wheeling" motions, conveying a sense of loss and hopelessness.

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    1) The document analyzes Russell Baker's essay "Growing Up" which describes his mother's declining health and slipping mind as she ages. 2) Baker uses descriptions of movement to contrast his mother's once lively and joyful nature with her later bedridden and weakened state. 3) As his mother's condition deteriorates, Baker's writing shifts from depicting her strong and secure movements to more undefined and "free-wheeling" motions, conveying a sense of loss and hopelessness.

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    1) The document analyzes Russell Baker's essay "Growing Up" which describes his mother's declining health and slipping mind as she ages. 2) Baker uses descriptions of movement to contrast his mother's once lively and joyful nature with her later bedridden and weakened state. 3) As his mother's condition deteriorates, Baker's writing shifts from depicting her strong and secure movements to more undefined and "free-wheeling" motions, conveying a sense of loss and hopelessness.

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    GrowingUpbyRussellBakerEssay

    GrowingUp
    byRussellBaoutthissentencethefactthathismotherwasoncefulloflifeand
    joy.ThemovementsthatRussellincludesformatypeofhappinessthatwefeelwehavelost
    whenwearetransportedbacktothemotherwiththeslippingmindandailingbody.
    Alongwiththeuseofmovementasawaytocelebrateandrememberhismother,itisalso
    usedinamoresomberwaytochroniclethebedriddendaysofhismotherashermindcontinues
    toslip.CompletelydifferenttothewaysRussellusedmovementinalightertone,inadditionit
    isusedtoexpresssomeofthedarkerthemesofthestory.Inthesefreewheelingexcursions
    backthroughtimetorecapturehappiness(58)Thelongingisevidentinthislineaswenowsee
    Russellusemovementinatotallydifferentway.Heabandonsthestrong,securemovementfor
    morefreeflowing,undefinedmovements.Thepatternoftheuseofmovementtoenhancethe
    emotionoflossthattheauthorisfeelingthroughoutthispieceisbestrepresentedbythe
    followingquote,Fortenyearsormore,theveracitywithwhichshehadonceattackedlifehad
    beenturningintoarageagainsttheweakness(58).Thestoryasksalotofthereader,itasksthe
    readertoreallydigdeepintothestorytoconnectwithwhatRussellisfeeling.Ifwecannot
    experiencethesamesenseoflossandhopelessnessashim,themessageofthisstoryfallsondeaf
    ears.Andoneofthewaysinwhichhedoesitis,astheaboveshows,isthroughmovement.By
    conjuringuptheseimagesofavivid,lively,activewomen,whenRussellswitchesbacktothe

    pictureofthefadingwomen,thesenseofsomethingmissingisevident.Itriedtotravelalong
    withheronthosefantasticswoopsintothepast(59).
    Inconclusion,

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