Memoir

Everyone has a period of time in their life in which they have experienced events that not only changed their lives but also changed the way they perceive the world. This period of time can end up dictating ones future. For some people it could mean moving to a different country, others it could be…

Many of the Jews went through denial, because the news of the holocaust was to unrealistic to believe. In the novel there were many incidents in which the Jews were in denial. Some of the times when the people faced denial was when Moiche told the townspeople about the camps that were set up and…

Have you ever been in a situation where your faith has been tested? In other words, has there ever been a time in your life when you were struggling a lot, you prayed to god, but situations seemed to be getting worse? If you were, did your faith stay the same, or did you lose…

Paul Monette’s memoir, Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story, depicts the Bostonian’s life and struggle with accepting his sexual orientation. It illustrates Monette’s life from early childhood to when he meets the love of his life, Roger Horwitz, in 1974. Page 54 of the memoir takes place in chapter two, in which Paul recounts…

Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home is a memoir in which Bechdel recounts her childhood in rural Pennsylvania. In a recursive narrative style, the graphic memoir focuses on the relationship between her and her father, Bruce Bechdel. The book bluntly illustrates both persons’ emotional and psychological struggles and how they cope with homosexuality. Many of the panes…

In Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass exposes the brutal. Inhumane treatment of slaves that he himself was forced to endure. And witness firsthand by recounting his experiences as a slave as well as his quest to find freedom. He takes the reader on a journey in the life of a slave…

“The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.” Maya Angelou said that very famous quote about home. She captured the absolute comfort and safety of a home. The pure essence of a home. A home is usually seen as house…

Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes, portrays the lives of impoverished and wealthy mothers. It shows the struggle that many mothers went through no matter their economic status. Frank’s mother being from the low end of the spectrum has many difficulties, such as taking on both parental roles of the mother and father in the house. At…

Elie’s experience going through concentration camps during the Holocaust at only fifteen years old gives him a unique perspective on human rights. Elie Wiesel, the author of the memoir Night, became a Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1986 for his advocacy of human rights 41 years after the Holocaust. He was without basic human rights…

In the memoir, Night by Elie Wiesel (September, 1960), the protagonist discovers that, even though he is in a rough situation and everyone around him is beginning to give up on themselves, he still maintains his faith and goal in mind and continues to endure what he does and tries to overcome the situation. Told…