Memoir

Rachel Lemke worked as a waitress in the basement lounge of the Blackhawk Hotel. The lounge had grown increasingly popular because of its famous clientele and allegedly black market dealings. Although the lounge was a part of the hotel, when patrons visited, they felt as if they were in another world. Rachel thrived as a waitress at the lounge. She began making more money that she would have finishing her college degree and used this fact as ammo against her disapproving parents. Her mother and…

Nancy Salzman grew up in Canada where she was born. He is a citizen of France, Canada, and the United States. She attended the University of Ottowa Medical School in Canada and graduated from there. She attended McGill University where she completed her post-graduate education in the medical field. Dr. Salzman worked at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital in Bermuda and at Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace and Monaco. Nancy Salzman is an expert in her medical field of travel medicine. She…

My Memoir What doesn’t kill you can only make you stronger is what I learned in 2012. At 10 years old I had a stroke. When it happened all I could think about was how bad the start was. But then I realized just how amazing the journey and how amazing the end ould be. The events leading up to my stroke were agonizing to say the least. I went home from school because I wasn’t feeling well. I was freezing and all I wanted to do was sleep. Then in the following days I went to go visit my mom. I…

Memoir: A First, First. Ten years of education, countless opportunities, and only one time being first. By the time students reach high school, most of them have already earned multiple awards whether it is: perfect attendance, all A or A/B honor roll, a perfect score, or simply a good behavior award. I reached high school with nothing. I have never had perfect attendance, nor a perfect score, and I also never behaved well enough to receive any type of good behavior award. I never seemed to…

In how much danger can a person be? Arthur Conan Doyle can answer this question in his famous book The Hound of the Baskervilles. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson solve the mystery of a curse placed on the Baskerville family. It will hunt them down until all of them die. The curse deals with a scary hound that will kill any Baskerville walking in the moor in Devonshire. Henry Baskerville is the last heir of his family alive. What will happen when he goes to this spooky place? Henry’s bravery,…

Final Reflective Essay After reading the memoir by Lev Golinkin, A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka, I have learned that our American culture and the Russian culture are more similar than they are different. Our research project made us analyze a huge part of both our and their culture, which made us discover that both cultures have been invaded by corrupt leaders, yet there is more corruption in Russian culture. After my reading and I-Search Project I have realized that American and…

Memoir; Working Title Growing up I was your standard Alexandrian kid whose life has taken a few dramatic turns as the result of a seemingly simple change in environment. Although, some of these changes to my environment may be viewed more significant than others, people are inevitably going to have a different reaction to things like changing schools, having your parents get divorced and so on. By the time I was in the second grade, it had been made clear to my teachers that I was going to need…

I read the book Buck: The Memoir and I choose chapter’s 4-6.In chapter 4 Malo tells a story about how his friend Michael’s cousin took a dump and scooped it up with a newspaper and smeared it on someone’s front door. He got his tail beat by a Louisville slugger and he had to eat his own poop. Malo never liked Fritz so he was happy. Malo hated going to “Friends” he was forced to go to that school so he would stay out of trouble. Principle Roach disliked Malo so it also made it harder to stay out…

The authors of the four memoirs overcame their childhood obstacles by having support and help from family. Gary Soto had support and help from his family when he tries to find a job. Laurence Yep had support and help from his family when Laurence thought he was a disappointment. Barack Obama had support and help from his family when he had no friends. Julia Alvarez had support and help from her family when she had to leave her home. The author memoirs describe overcoming obstacles to…

Addiction doesn’t care how much advantages you have or how promising your life is. Nic’s sheff memoir entitled Tweak concede us about his early childhood, drugs addiction from marijuana to methamphetamine. Nic starts experimenting with drugs at the age of eleven after his parents had gotten divorced. Tweak details 642 days in Nic Sheff's life. Beginning on day 1 where we witness to Nic relapsing after 18 months of being sober. However in 32 days nic seems to pick up thing where he left, we…