Memoir, often distinguished from autobiography, is a narrative that reveals experiences within the author 's lifetime and is often written in the first person point of view. An excellent example of this would be Eugenia Ginzburg’s memoir, Journey into the Whirlwind. In her memoir, Eugenia Ginzburg describes her own imprisonment and exile by detailing her eighteen years in prison following her arrest during the Great Purge. Ginzburg writes her memoir in a way to drive home her themes. In other words, her end goal is to clearly state her themes and have the readers understand what the themes are by writing her memoir around them.
Ginzburg provides her readers with records of each interrogation she underwent. She does this to make the readers feel outraged and angry. For instance, when Ginzburg was interrogated by Yaroslavsky, she shout at him “all right, so I didn’t denounce Elvov’s article. But you-you not only didn’t denounce it, you edited it and published it in your four-volume history of the Party. Why are you judging me and not I you” (33). She shows the readers how unjust and unfair the interrogations were. This also represents an example of an effective rhetorical device. She allows the facts to speak for themselves and shows …show more content…
It is evidence to the utter force of the human will to survive through the most degrading and dreadful conditions. However, unlike most, these humans (like Ginzburg and Tanya) will emerge all the stronger. Ginzburg’s substantial mental power and strength of character are evident everywhere in her memoir, from her poetry recitations to her loyalty in friendship to her unwavering moral compass. She is an inspiring character with devout party loyalties who refuses to give in to the interrogators’ tortures. Thus by telling her story, Ginzburg is insisting that the lives taken by Stalin should be retold and remembered not
Ginzburg provides her readers with records of each interrogation she underwent. She does this to make the readers feel outraged and angry. For instance, when Ginzburg was interrogated by Yaroslavsky, she shout at him “all right, so I didn’t denounce Elvov’s article. But you-you not only didn’t denounce it, you edited it and published it in your four-volume history of the Party. Why are you judging me and not I you” (33). She shows the readers how unjust and unfair the interrogations were. This also represents an example of an effective rhetorical device. She allows the facts to speak for themselves and shows …show more content…
It is evidence to the utter force of the human will to survive through the most degrading and dreadful conditions. However, unlike most, these humans (like Ginzburg and Tanya) will emerge all the stronger. Ginzburg’s substantial mental power and strength of character are evident everywhere in her memoir, from her poetry recitations to her loyalty in friendship to her unwavering moral compass. She is an inspiring character with devout party loyalties who refuses to give in to the interrogators’ tortures. Thus by telling her story, Ginzburg is insisting that the lives taken by Stalin should be retold and remembered not