Sausage and beer feedback

When I read the short story Sausage and Beer I did have to think about my own life experiences to help my interest in the story. That's how it is with most stories. The reader should always be able to relate to at least one character in the story. There have been many times that I have felt like the boy in the story, except my relative knew about me and I didn't know anything about them. My family is so huge that people that I walk pass on the streets are my family. One day we went to a family reunion for my grandmother's side of the family. There were so many people there and most of them came up to me and said," Oh my goodness. You have gotten so big, I remember you when you were this little."In my opinion, the author, Minot, made his character interesting to me by showing what the boys was thinking when he met this mystery relative. Ironically, when I'm in the same situation, I think the same thing.