A memoir is a special type of autobiography written by the author’s life as it is related towards a person, a historical event, or a thing. In the book, “A Long Way Home,” by Saroo Brierley, he talks about one event throughout the memoir; the memory of his home. This incredible and courageous story of Brierley is foretold in many depicted memories, and for a child to endure them were quite gruesome. His journey to his new and old home has become publicly famous and people around the world are interested in hearing his story. This book has been labeled as a “bittersweet” tale when either a fortunate event happens, there will be a disastrous action towards its outcome. Foreshadowing has an absurd amount of usage in this novel, although there
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In Chapter 11, he meets up with his brother, sister, and mother to find out that they have all been waiting for him. During this moment, a quote stands out and expresses every memory of this story, “When we had some time to ourselves, we all wept a lot, from happiness but also from the sadness of the time we’d lost.” It is extremely true when expressing that Saroo’s entire life story is just a bittersweet tale of a memoir. Going back to when he was five, he had his family in India, where he would starve and get a chance to see them on a daily basis. As to now, getting adopted and moving to Australia, he has no whereabouts of his family in India, but now has a home and a place to actually change his life for the …show more content…
This memory is an engraved moment of bittersweet for Saroo; he was living in Australia where his adoptive family cared for him and supported any motive of his. Whereas, in India, his mother received the sad news of losing both of her children; one being killed and the other lost out in the world. However, she did not give up hope that Saroo would still be alive out there in the world and would return one day. Hope is the signal calling of this motive; Saroo’s mother did not lose hope for her lost son and to her unbelievable surprise he did in fact return. Moreover, Saroo did the same and never lost hope in searching for his home town; if it had not been for the release of Google Earth, this search would have taken further time and possibly given up
In Chapter 11, he meets up with his brother, sister, and mother to find out that they have all been waiting for him. During this moment, a quote stands out and expresses every memory of this story, “When we had some time to ourselves, we all wept a lot, from happiness but also from the sadness of the time we’d lost.” It is extremely true when expressing that Saroo’s entire life story is just a bittersweet tale of a memoir. Going back to when he was five, he had his family in India, where he would starve and get a chance to see them on a daily basis. As to now, getting adopted and moving to Australia, he has no whereabouts of his family in India, but now has a home and a place to actually change his life for the …show more content…
This memory is an engraved moment of bittersweet for Saroo; he was living in Australia where his adoptive family cared for him and supported any motive of his. Whereas, in India, his mother received the sad news of losing both of her children; one being killed and the other lost out in the world. However, she did not give up hope that Saroo would still be alive out there in the world and would return one day. Hope is the signal calling of this motive; Saroo’s mother did not lose hope for her lost son and to her unbelievable surprise he did in fact return. Moreover, Saroo did the same and never lost hope in searching for his home town; if it had not been for the release of Google Earth, this search would have taken further time and possibly given up