The I and the Eye in literature is displayed especially in autobiograpy. It refers to the fact of remembering, sharing or lying about memories that the writer is willing to share with the reader. We can ask ourselves if an autobiography can be reliable about the writer's life.
Among all the writers who write an autobiogaphy, I have selected in the first place Barack Obama's autobiography written in 2012; then, chapter 2 of Stephen Fry's autobiography entitled Moab is my washpot written in 1997. Finally as a complementary document, I have picked out Joe Wright's movie named Atonement, released in 2007.
Firstly, the autobiography written by Barack Obama in 2012. It belongs to the Social Realism movement. While depicting “the portrait of his father”, Barack recalls his memory thanks to different point of view, his grand-parents and mother's one. Actually, it's the only way for Barack to know facts about his father. Indeed, he left him when he was two years old.
Acoording to the person, the perception of the father's personnality will change. For example, the grandfather will prefer to keep a confident vision of his son, while his wife will like to remember him as a hot-headed and proud person. …show more content…
It makes this “significant event” as revelant for the student beacause he thought that the teacher could possibly be deeply affected by his lie. However since it is only thanks to the narrator's interpretation, his point of view is wrong because M. Kett (the teacher) simply doesn't care at all. The narrator just wants to believe that his act mattered to someone except only him. Moreover, we can aknowledge the fact that when he was lying, he was acting as someone else. In a certain way, this “someone else” was, somewhat, more close to his personality which underlines the importance of lying in an autobiography. So he came to the conclusion that acting is somehow a way of telling the
Among all the writers who write an autobiogaphy, I have selected in the first place Barack Obama's autobiography written in 2012; then, chapter 2 of Stephen Fry's autobiography entitled Moab is my washpot written in 1997. Finally as a complementary document, I have picked out Joe Wright's movie named Atonement, released in 2007.
Firstly, the autobiography written by Barack Obama in 2012. It belongs to the Social Realism movement. While depicting “the portrait of his father”, Barack recalls his memory thanks to different point of view, his grand-parents and mother's one. Actually, it's the only way for Barack to know facts about his father. Indeed, he left him when he was two years old.
Acoording to the person, the perception of the father's personnality will change. For example, the grandfather will prefer to keep a confident vision of his son, while his wife will like to remember him as a hot-headed and proud person. …show more content…
It makes this “significant event” as revelant for the student beacause he thought that the teacher could possibly be deeply affected by his lie. However since it is only thanks to the narrator's interpretation, his point of view is wrong because M. Kett (the teacher) simply doesn't care at all. The narrator just wants to believe that his act mattered to someone except only him. Moreover, we can aknowledge the fact that when he was lying, he was acting as someone else. In a certain way, this “someone else” was, somewhat, more close to his personality which underlines the importance of lying in an autobiography. So he came to the conclusion that acting is somehow a way of telling the