"Losing a Friend to AIDS" is a short, but powerful piece. When the narrator finds out her friend has the possibility of getting infected with HIV, her minds flashes back to an old friend whom she saw lose the fight to the disease.
The narrator does a great job of portraying how dangerous AIDS is and how at the same time is so easy to contract.
I really enjoyed listening to this piece because you could hear the emotion in the narrator's voice. She incorporates tiny details of her life along with metaphors that really make the listener want to listen. My only suggestion? Some soft music really would have brought it home.
Summary: Hearing that her friend has had unprotected sex with an HIV-positive person leads Youth Radio’s Leah Chapple-Stingley to reflect on another time and place.
Review of Losing a Friend to AIDS
Erika Mahoney
Posted on April 14, 2007 at 06:04 PM
"Losing a Friend to AIDS" is a short, but powerful piece. When the narrator finds out her friend has the possibility of getting infected with HIV, her minds flashes back to an old friend whom she saw lose the fight to the disease.
The narrator does a great job of portraying how dangerous AIDS is and how at the same time is so easy to contract.
I really enjoyed listening to this piece because you could hear the emotion in the narrator's voice. She incorporates tiny details of her life along with metaphors that really make the listener want to listen. My only suggestion? Some soft music really would have brought it home.