Question

Based on Alice Munro's "The Bear Came Over the Mountain": Do you feel like this story is an accurate depiction of Alzheimer's? Why or why not?

Answer 1

Alzhimer's disease can be defined as a a degenerative brain disease of unknown etiology , that results in progressive memory loss, impaired thinking, disorientation, and changes in personality and mood.

Yes this story shows an accurate description of Alzhimer's. Just like in the short story Alzhimer's is a degenerative disease that has a gradual progression. It initially starts with things like little incidences that seem to be mere forgetfulness that later turn massive followed by behavioural changes, forgetting things like one's closed ones and finally personality changes too.