There are many reasons why people write memoirs about their life. To start, writing down your story helps you really get out all of your emotions about the event. There's nothing to hide when you're writing, there's no point. When writing about your life you're able to let your mind run wild and let it immerse you in your memories, good and bad.
Writing a memoir is very beneficial for others as well. They tells people how to approach a situation if they find themselves in the same spot as the writer was at one time. Reading into someone's personal thoughts about an event helps us to understand what was running through their mind, and what SHOULD have been running through their mind. When we read about an event that occurred to someone it allows us to go back into our memories later and think about how the writer handled that situation.
Reading memoirs also lets us see and feel what the author was seeing and feeling. Sometimes we don't understand why someone did or said something, but when it's all right there in front of you in a memoir, it helps us understand the writer a little more. Memoirs help us take a few steps in someone else's shoes. Whether it was written during a different time period or written by a good friend, reading about other people's lives gives us a greater understanding of the world and the people in it.
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Kelly, yes! Authors definetly should resist hiding anything in their writing. By doing that we can truly understand their motives and feelings. Also, that statement is relevant in real life, people need to stop hiding their true identity.
Kelly! Memoirs should definitely be written the way they happened and shouldn't hide anything that happened, but do you think that most authors of memoirs need to make up some details here and there during an event that might not have been the case in order to catch the reader's attention? Or, the author could have forgoten what happened exactly and had to make it up. Interesting stuff!
kelly!!!!
I agree with your ideas on memoirs being good ways to tell the reader what to do in a similar situation. I also like how you mention that memoirs can be beneficial to both the writer and reader. great work !!!! :)
Hey Kelly, "Double Time" speaking. First off, awsome title! Best I've seen all night. Anywho, great point on how memoirs affect the authors as well, I hadn't thought of that. Very original. Also, I liked how you explained the benefits of reading a memoir, how it helps us understand each other as well as our society. Very deep. All in all, great post. See ya later!
-T. Hizzle
Ha-ha! Your sense of humor has me laughing out loud as I check people's blogs!
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