Memoir

__ CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MEMOIR: __ · It focuses and reflects on the relationship between the writer and a particular person, place, animal, or object. · It explains the significance of the relationship. · It leaves the reader with one impression of the subject of the memoir. · It is limited to a particular phase, time period, place, or recurring behavior in order to develop the focus fully. · It makes the subject of the memoir come alive. · It maintains a first person point of view.

Examining A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah Examine the following Link to analyze the relationship of Beah to the Sierra Leone as portrayed in the novel.

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