(TS) In an essay, “Why I Am a Writer” by Jan Mora, Mora gives three main reasons on why she is a writer; Mora writes to preserve memories, express her feelings, and to empower her Latino people. (PS) Mora writes to preserve her memories that she has picked up, and wants to recall in years after. (SS) In that way she writes to keep her happiness real. (SS) She does not want the great times she has had in her life to fade away. (SS) She wants her happiness she has felt as a child, adolescent, and adult to all be with her time after time, and day after day. (PS) Second, Mora writes to get her feelings off of her chest. (SS) When she writes, she can say what is on her heart, a let the world know her perspective on life. (SS) Her feelings help her
