Memoir 'The Real Me'

This character was chosen to be the narrator of this story. Along with her other two friends, she tells her compelling story about her life and the reason why she left Haiti to come to live in New York. She has triumphed over the

Authors make use of details or patterns, portions to some prior story to add depth and texture to the story, bring out a theme, lend irony to a statement, and to play with the reader’s deeply ingrained knowledge of fairy tales.

She puts the essay into different categories as of the ways we lie. The essay was very well structured. This essay was very related to myself, because I am a good liar honestly. Sometimes I lie to protect others feelings, sometimes I lie to protect myself, sometimes I lie to make a joke, and sometimes I lie just to lie.

Essay: What does the narrator seem to want from the reader? How does she go about getting what she wants?

This inherently allows the reader to begin the story with a sort of pre-established understanding of the characters and as we read on throughout the story we are further enlightened as to who and what these characters truly are about. The main characters in the story who are involved in the central conflict are: Matt Fowler,

appeals, as well as creating a deep connection between the characters and the reader. Steinbeck

The author wants to draw us into the story; they want us to feel like we are in the

The effect of her introduction is to set the scenario to capture the reader’s attention. This is to make the reader interested to read the essay. 7. The epigraphs that worked best are “A man who won’t lie to a woman has very little consideration for her feelings”, “The cruelest lies are often told in silence.”, and “The only form of lying that is beyond reproach is lying for its own sake.” The criteria for this judgment is these categories are everyday lies that can happen with anyone daily.

Her life was not easy, her husband got shot and was left alone yet she came back to care for him. That didn’t stop him from verbally abusing him. But when push came to shove, she just left because she kept expressing how she felt. She could have killed her husband if she let her anger pile on inside but she let it out and it made a lot of space in her heart to forgive her husband. Writing and other forms of self-expression have helped many others alike so this says a lot about the usefulness of the literary arts.

She wants the audience to know right away that even though she is about to tell you the story of a difficult childhood, she did reach her goal in the end. After making this statement, Tan dives into her past and how she came to be where she is today. Her mother is the next most important point of discussion. Her mother influenced her writing style as well as her beliefs about her culture and heritage. ?Just last week, I was walking down the street with my mother, and I again found myself conscious of the English I was using, the English I do use with her? (Tan, 2002, p. 36). The broken up English her mother uses is the next issue Tan focuses on. ??everything is limited, including people?s perceptions of the limited English speaker? (Tan, 2002, p. 36). Lastly, she talks about her education and the role it had on her deciding what she wanted to do with her life. ?Fortunately, I happen to be rebellious in nature and enjoy the challenge of disproving assumptions made about me? (Tan, 2002, p. 39). By structuring the essay in order of importance, Tan reinforces her message that you can be anything you desire even with a different culture than the norm.

It forces the reader to look carefully at the feelings of the character and the events that are referenced to determine when the passage took place in relation to other

Her actions throughout this novel not only affect the wellbeing of others, but herself as well. This story ultimately begins with the author revealing

In the beginning of her essay she portrays herself, “I am not a scholar of English or literature…”. To place herself on the same level and give her readers some connection of who she is as a person gives the writing effective interest to of what her story could mean to the reader. Her casual tone, almost conversational, “So you'll have some idea of what this family talk I heard sounds like” makes the writing a more comfortable and less formal piece. The reader is effectively drawn in and is a part of her story instead of outside of it, giving interest into what she is actively talking about

wrote the story as the result of a challenge that was set to her, her

an impact on her life based on how she grew up. The two short stories The Flowers and