https://alamrafiul.com/tags/representation/ Recent content in Representation on Rafiul Alam https://alamrafiul.com/papermod-cover.png https://alamrafiul.com/papermod-cover.png Hugo -- gohugo.io en Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://alamrafiul.com/blogs/elders-wisdom-aging-with-dignity/ Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://alamrafiul.com/blogs/elders-wisdom-aging-with-dignity/ <p>George is bitter. He&rsquo;s in a wheelchair. He&rsquo;s rude to almost everyone.</p> <p>He&rsquo;s also been married to Evelyn for decades. He gardens. He watches TV. He softens, gradually, if you put in the effort.</p> <p>He&rsquo;s not &ldquo;the disabled old man.&rdquo; He&rsquo;s <strong>George</strong>. A person who happens to be elderly and uses a wheelchair.</p> <p>And the game gives him what media so rarely gives older characters: <strong>dignity, complexity, and ongoing life</strong>.</p>