Monday, February 18, 2019

Two Memoirs

1).
For both of these stories I felt greatly invested in, captured in it from moment to moment, but I could see myself in the Cousins post. I say this because of the description of the feeling of longing for their cousin again. I related to the emotion in this piece and found lines such as, "Everyone hesitated to say goodbye, grasping at each word, trying to make the last little bit of conversation extend onward." very interesting to ruminate on. 
Lena Dunham's memoir was incredibly interesting to read and kept me invested to eagerly see what the next event would be. This memoir, though, was not a piece that I could see myself in. The experiences she goes through or references are quite extraordinary and unfamiliar to me. This causes me to have a more distant attitude towards it while I'm reading even though the content was entertaining. 

2). 
These writers don't over tell their stories in my opinion. as I feel these stories, especially Lena Dunham's memoirs, required a certain amount of information to be told in order to produce the greatest impact from the end the reach. Cousins on the other hand did not need as much information to come to an end in the way that it did. This story tells rather than shows, and in a very specific way for that matter. The author explains their feelings for the audience to react to in a powerful way. 
Lena Dunham's memoirs is showing, and requires stories of her many therapists before she found the one that produced the greatest results. 

3). 
Lena Dunham's memoir is a true story to me, considering the emotion and extent of detail in the retelling of it all. The way that Dunham explains her experiences make it easy to feel as though you are there. I get no indication of it being fabricated, although there may be some exaggeration in reactions, but the events convince me that it is the truth. 
The Cousins memoir is also a story that has no indications that make it a false story. Similar to Lena Dunham's memoir, Cousins includes raw emotion that leads the reader to connect with it and convince them of it's validity. 

1 comment:

  1. I find it interesting that you related really well to the Cousins post because in mine I wrote that I related better to Dunham's story. We both have very different reasons for relating to each of them better, which helps me to realize that everyone really does relate depending on personal experience. I also had a different opinion on the second question and it was interesting to see how you developed your answer in comparison. For the last question I found that your consideration of why each might be more truthful was very spot on and made me think about my interaction with both of the writings.

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