In writing a memoir, by Frank Mathias, he uses a memoir to capture details from the war. He looks at writing a memoir as an art. I find it very interesting how Frank uses the letters from the war to recapture many details and to realize the boy who he once was. He also makes the point that you must be a historian to write a memoir, a historian on your life. I also enjoyed “Knocked Up” by Nicole Filmore. I thought this memoir was very interesting and comical. Nicole Filmore used a memoir to express her feelings that she couldn’t to her family. Many feelings of anger, happiness, and abandonment. I also thought the use of profanity allowed her to actually show those feelings of anger more.
I personally thought the readings for this week were very interesting. From Frank Mathais’s war memories to Nicole Filmore’s pregnant sister, I can see how writing a memoir can be truly therapeutic. I think it would be very interesting for Nicole’s sister to read Nicole’s memoir after her pregnancy to help her understand how Nicole was feeling and how her pregnancy was through another view other than her own.
If I could ask the authors questions…
I would ask Frank what if I can’t recall many memories from a specific event. How do I go about doing that?
I would ask Nicole how the baby made such an impact on her life?
1 comment:
I thought that your reaction was very good. I agree with you when you said that the use of profanity really allowed her to show how mad she truly was. I also thought the readings this week were interesting.
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