He recalls frightening nightmares that took him away from a sense of reality, such as when the likelihood of having cancer seemed conceivable, until further action led him to realize that his parents they were getting divorced. Aubrey writes, “Life and death, marriage and divorce: they have all been mixed up in my head ever since” (Aubry 2). In a way, Aubry creates a similarity between the two concepts. From the terrible difficulties of practically living a life with cancer, to having to deal with the legal separation of both spouses. Both represent distressing and traumatic situations that take time to heal and, in Aubry's case, play a substitution role when she thinks about them. As shown, Aubry is already presenting the emotional connection with the reader to obtain the image of tiredness and delves into this issue by illustrating the difficulties of