Memoir

(type your memoir here) I didn’t even find out from Jaidan herself. It was at the science field trip in fourth grade when Katie Simons came up to me and said, “I like your outfit, by the way Jaidan is moving to Hong Kong!” That little side note at the end sounded like a joke at first, but I realized she was completely serious when I saw Jaidan out of the corner of my eyes, her shoulders shrugged and mouth pinched. “I was gonna give you a mint!” She exclaimed, elbowing Katie in the side. A mint…

of parenting can adopt parentless children. The opportunity to be a parent is so highly sought after that entire businesses are built around it; still the details of how to successfully fulfill the responsibilities themselves are unclear. In her Memoir, Virginia Woolf discusses her own childhood and how the parenting choices of her father positively impacted her. Woolf argues that through allowing children to navigate aspects of their own lives, parents prepare children for the psychological…

From just accepting rumors that he is the Zodiac Killer to watching porn with supreme court justices—Ted is a strange guy. According to Maclean's Canada author, Jason Markusoff, Ted was born on a -9 degrees Celsius December day in Canada to parents Rafael Cruz and Eleanor Darragh. When Ted was born, they named him Rafael after his father, and consequently they called him by his father’s childhood nickname: Felito. In grade school, Ted’s classmates would call him Dorito, so at 13 he changed his…

addition of only being with them for the long period of time, it heightens their feelings towards them and they become exposed to only them. This is what happens when somebody is kidnapped or held hostage. In the documentary novel “A Stolen Life: A Memoir” by Jaycee Dugard, she explains her 18 years of captivity. “I actually feel happy to see him. He has been gone for a while. I missed having someone to talk to.” (Dugard, 71) This proves how attached she was despite how he kidnapped her. After…

Alexandra Curth AWP Seminar: Breaking Silences: Women’s Memoir as an Act of Rebellion. Janice Gary, Kate Hopper, Anna March, Connie May Fowler, Rosemary Daniell Tillie Olsen wrote: “Why are so many more women silenced than men? Why, when women do write (one out of four or five works published) is so little of their writing known, taught, accorded recognition?” The women on
 the panel asked questions of why, when women write about the full experience of being female in this culture are our…

Many famous figures, such as Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allen Poe, Manley Hopkins, Van Gogh, Beethoven, and Bach, struggled alongside William Styron with severe depression and overwhelming irrationality. William Styron, author of Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness, suffered from suicidal depression and madness and was eventually hospitalized for his condition. Styron’s text gives the audience a look into his life of serious mental illness, working through treatment, and recovery. To better…

Acting is one of the most prominent forms of art, it is undoubtedly creative and it takes an unfound amount skill. These impressive displays are used in a variety of forms, though, not in all cases for entertainment. In Richard Wright’s own memoir, “Black Boy”, performance is not used to please a common crowd of onlookers. On the contrary, Richard must use acting to physically and socially survive in a racist world. Richard grows up in the American South, where he is constantly told what to do…

an excruciating experience. For children losing attachment figures can be an especially scarring experience leaving wounds that may last into adulthood and well beyond. Such was the case for a woman named Francine Cournos, author of City of One: A Memoir. In her book, Cournos describes her growing up years, which were filled with loss of many she loved, and describes…

The Moment Before Steven Sotloff was an Israeli born freelance writer and reporter who often traveled to his homeland in the Middle East. The terrorist group ISIS captured Sotloff because of his dual Israeli-American citizenship and because of his practice of Judaism. In the photo there are two people, the prisoner Sotloff and the executioner. There is a desert background and an Arabic caption. This image depicts Sotloff and the ISIS member who is about to carry out the execution of Sotloff the…

Memoir Piotr Hoila Oct. 8, 2015 p.4 Colors envelop me as I speed through the frosty hills. Dazzlingly bright snow forces me to squint. Racing down the slopes, I try to keep up with my father, who is weaving in and out of trees. The cold air swooshes into my face, invigorating my senses and mind. Speeding up and slowing down, I drift around trees and rebound off bumps, enjoying the experience thoroughly. Before me, arises a steep slope, and I ready myself for…