Memoirs

      This week for English the assigned reading was about memoirs, the act of writing about one's life. I've always personally found these types of writings interesting because I can both read about the lives of people I admire or laugh over the humor inspired lives of comedians that seem to be filled with misadventures. This reading talked not only about entertaining one's audience but about personal responsibility as the author of such work. In a memoir the author is trusted to write about their past, and in doing so has to relive their lives, perhaps reliving things they would rather forget.
     I have always found memoirs to be tremendous works of courage for authors. This is because they are opening their past, their memories and their feelings to the public. Not only is this scary in itself but also the author must first think; 'Is my life important enough for people to even CARE about?'. It's facing that question and being able to actually answer it is what I find courageous about memoirs and why I find them so enjoyable to read.