The Rememberer

          The way Aimee writes about Ben, the way his character is jumping from one animal to another, losing sight of who he was as a human over time, reminds me of Alzheimer's disease. How with every transition he makes to a new face he forgets things he used to know, "He used to love honey. He licks at it and then swims to the other end of the pan". Loss after loss, until there's nothing left, "Because I cannot bear to look down into the water and not be able to find him at all, to search the tiny waves with a microscope lens and to locate my lover, the one-celled wonder, bloated and blind, brainless, benign, heading clear and small, like an eye-floater into nothingness".

          I feel that this story is about more than reverse evolution, which in itself is a big idea, but I feel that its about a woman losing her man in a way she couldn't have expected; which it it's own right is a big idea. Aimee brings comedic essence to the story through the use of animal characteristics, the darkness lies in the sad undertone of the story, the person she ultimately loses. I also feel that to a person who's aided another through Alzheimer's, they might find this tale to feel very real to their experiences. To other's it may feel fantastical, with it's reverse evolution factor.