When You're Gone

Authors

Caleb VanDyke, Cedarville UniversityFollow

Department or School

Pharmacy Practice

Essay Genre

Literacy Memoir

Instructor's Note

Not all of the “literacy moments” that shape our lives happen in classrooms. In fact, for Caleb VanDyke, one word influenced him to think more about others and less about himself. In “When You’re Gone,” Caleb frames a cemetery scene with a scene in which he is riding in a car and reading a poem. The poem triggers the memory that he depicts in the remainder of the narrative. How does Caleb’s Literacy Memoir balance description and analysis so that the narrative is both vivid and reflective? What theme does the memoir convey that might be significant for a reader? What words have influenced you in ways that changed your perspective about yourself or about others?

Copyright

© 2014 Caleb VanDyke. All rights reserved.

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

About the Author

Caleb VanDyke is a freshman Pre-pharmacy major from Michigan. He enjoys creative writing in his spare time as well as reading anything to do with mythology. When he isn’t reading, he enjoys playing videogames, learning new facts, and practicing a variety of interesting tricks.

Recommended Citation

VanDyke, Caleb (2014) "When You're Gone," The Idea of an Essay: Vol. 1, Article 3.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/idea_of_an_essay/vol1/iss1/3