The memoir that I feel most reflects my life is Living in Tongues by Luc Sante. I was raised predominantly speaking another language, Farsi. It is also the language that I mainly speak at home considering my grandmother is visiting and it would be rude for me to speak to my other family members in English. When I first started Kindergarten, I did not know how to speak English, nor did I know how to write in it. I too, felt frustrated and somewhat alienated. I am also interested in American History and the historical sites and attractions within the United States. I cannot get over how large Yellowstone National Park is or how beautiful the streets of New York can get on summer nights. Whenever my parents get mad at me, they speak in Farsi too and sometimes it is hard for me to decipher what they are saying.2. The memoir that I feel is most difficult to relate to me is Mama’s Girl by Veronica Chambers. The author is seems too chaste to be true. I guess in her time, teenage sexuality was nearly accepted as much as it is now. When I was reading this memoir, I felt that some of the comments were somewhat derogatory towards a certain race. I did not appreciate her mentality when she said: “…black women were strong and did not get depressed. Depression was white girls’ domain.” It is completely inaccurate to say a specific group has certain characteristics. That is stereotyping and was one of the major reasons that I could not relate to this memoir. I guess the main purpose of this memoir was to expose human thought in its confused, distorted state.3. I felt that The Age of The Literary Memoir Is Now by James Atlas has had an impact on me as a writer because the introduction is so bold and cogent. This memoir creatively portrays the significance of writing memoirs and its impact on the reader. The memoir also makes impressive and perceptible analogies between memoirs and society. Basically, th...
