People write memoirs for a variety of reasons. In my case I have only written memoirs for English class. Other authors write memoirs for a living. The reason memoirs are written is to share with the reader more about the author. You can gain a lot of knowledge from reading someone’s memoir. Another reason why we write memoirs is for pure entertainment of certain moments in life that are memorable. One last reason why memoirs are written are to shares with others the lesson the author learned from their experience. For example in Black Boy, he wrote about the time he accidentally burned his house down because it was something he learned from and wants to remember what he did wrong.
The power in writing memoirs about our lives is voice. In writing memoirs we are able to share our side of the story. Through memoirs we are able to write exactly what we want and readers will know that it’s you telling the story. Voice is such a powerful thing in writing and I really think that it shows through in memoirs especially. By showing your voice through writing you are given the power to show different sides of your personality, which makes your writing well… yours!
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Hi there! I liked your post and the things you said in it. I agree that you can learn alot of things from other peoples' lives. But why do you think this is? Do you think that we remember facts and things better if its told with voice and emotion rather than in flat text and factual sentences?
Good job. Bye.
~Claire
Hi Steph,
Yup I agree that you can gain knowledge from learning more about the writer. The only thing is, the knowledge you gain would be one-sided. It would be told from that person's view. Nice job:)
You made a good point about how authors use memoirs because they can tell a story to what ever extent of accuracy they want. Also it was good that you talked about yourself and what memoirs do for you!
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