Memoir

Buluggin memoir the Tibyan gives a historical account of the Iberian Peninsula under Islamic rule. During the Islamic era considerable amount of text produced about the land and history was destroyed or lost. Therefore making the Tibyan one of the best account of history of that era, it covers the history following the Ibn Hayyan’s era, events and developments from the 5th/11th century, in addition it gives perspectives of a Taifa prince and a Berber prince. Nonetheless, the Tibyan is a memoir…

it past the societal oppression. Vance is a Yale law school graduate, and is moving in life on a successful path. Throughout his memoir, Vance takes a look into his past to try to explain what has made him into what he is today, and how he got out of that stigma in the lower classes. In an article called “Being a Bumpkin”, author Oliver Lee Bateman looks at Vance’s memoir as a way of explaining the steps into breaking the norm. Although that is what Bateman thinks Vance is trying to portray, he…

All Eyes: A Memoir of Deafness Themes Belonging and Acceptance Bainy B. Cyrus (2010) uncovers that the search for who we are is driven by a need to find our place in the world and that a sense of belonging arises from identity and inner experience. The book in its entirety is a catalogue of this theme, with its conclusion describing how the author through her work as a Disability Coach, helps others towards their journey of belonging and acceptance (Cyrus, 2010, pp. 111-126). Communal…

front of the other, moving forward, come what may.” Elizabeth Murray, In her most compelling memoir Breaking Night : A memoir for forgiveness, survival, and my journey from homeless to Harvard, Murray immerses the reader into a powerful journey from an impoverished family dynamic surviving the mean streets of New York City to speaking with his holiness the Dalai Lama. Liz Murray is a survivalist and her memoir is a beautiful story of one young woman at the tender age of 15 years old, with…

The Disaster Artist is a memoir of Greg Sestero that depicts his friendship story with Tommy Wiseau. Greg is an ordinary high school graduate in his 20’s who dreams to become an actor. He has attempted numerous ways from attending acting schools to modelling. One time when Greg was attending his acting class, he met a person who would change his life. That’s Tommy Wiseau. The first impression that Greg had on Tommy was that he is a weird person. Tommy does not seem to be an approachable,…

Persian Girls is the biography of a writer who lived in a country where women have been facing discrimination and oppression since the past many decades. The memoir identifies the life of an ordinary Iranian girl who is not willing to conform to the stereotypical norms of the society and her family. The girl wanted to pursue her career in writing and achieve success. The literary work is an effort to highlight the problems faced by women in Muslim World that do not give them the freedom to live…

standing up to her bullies. While both of these texts share a common theme, the mood of the texts is completely different. The memoir “I Escaped A Violent Gang” has a mood of sadness and is a bit scary because the author and her family could be killed at any moment. In the poem “Making Sarah Cry” the mood is a bit uplifting as she stands up to her bullies. In the memoir, “I Escaped A Violent Gang,” the author shows us that there is a theme of courage throughout the piece. At the beginning of…

lives. It could be as simple as falling in the hallway while going to the next class, or it could be a student having their mother tag along on their first day of first grade. The latter option mainly pertains to a young girl, Firoozeh Dumas. In the memoir, Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas, Firoozeh talks about her childhood and how she moves to America from her hometown Abadan, Iran. As a young child who does not speak any English with her mother who also does not speak English,…

In the memoir, “I Escaped A Violent Gang” and in the informational text, “Susan B. Anthony Dares to Vote,” a common theme is courage. In “I Escaped a Violent Gang,” Ana had the courage to get out of the gang that she had been in for a long time. In “Susan B. Anthony Dares to Vote,” Susan had the courage to fight for women’s equal rights. Although these two texts share the theme of courage, there are still some differences. In “I Escaped a Violent Gang,” Ana is trying to get out of the gang,…

the translated text will be related to the ideology of the translator only, and this is a kind of unfaithfulness because the translator’s role is interpreting what exists not adding his or her points of view. The translation of these memoirs is a manipulation of the source text, which may happen for different purposes and which happened consciously or unconsciously according to the translator’s ideology. Hatim & Mason assert that “the translator’s intervention might be consciously…