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Your analysis should also include a comment on the extract from Andre Agassi's autobiography Open.

In your comment, we encourage you to reflect on your opinion about the author’s style of writing and the theme of the relationship between different generations.

Did you find the author’s style of writing appealing and accessible? What is your opinion of the relationship between generations?

The story describes both conflicting and harmonious interactions between different generations. The grandmother in the story is in conflict with everyone else: her son, her daughter-in-law, and her grandchildren.

The father is a domineering figure in the family and raises his children using verbal offenses and physical coercion. Although he is well-intended (he...