I would say the author uses irony in this passage that remembering his mother makes him not happy but miserable which may be the opposite of what is expected but he would rather suffer this than be happy in forgetting her as this latter feeling would be expected to make him sad.
I'm not good with this stuff, but I'd try summarizing the paper for your closing paragraph. End with a sentence like, "That's why I love summer vacation" if it's about why you like summer vacation. I hope that makes sense!
<span>C. a journal of someone who was present at the fall of the Berlin Wall
Hope this helps!</span>
The word prodigious means Immense.
The word desponding means Hopeless.
