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The Autobiographical Model By Marsha Meskimmon

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What is an autobiography? Is it just a story of one’s life? Base on Marsha Meskimmon, “The Autobiographical Model” the answer is yes and no, some may know by that definition but it is not that simple. The definition is also pretty vague because of the fact that it does not go in depth and doesn't explain how autobiographies differ from other forms of writing. Autobiography is comprised of many different elements, such as subjective questions, emotional feelings, and representation of one’s self. Autobiography is such a broad term because it can mean a lot of things with different intentions. Not only is it through writing but it can also be a self-portrait because it has all the elements an autobiography has. During the 18th and 19th century, depending on what gender wrote an autobiography, it was either impactful or not. Women did not hold a great load of power during this time and they had to write differently from what males wrote and they were limited to what they can write about. This changes as time goes by. They were treated inferior to that of a male. But most importantly, facts play an important role for the success of an autobiography and even though facts are important, emotional truth makes an autobiography enticing. …show more content…

For example, autobiography can come "in a form of dairies, memoirs and journals. (Meskimmon, p. 65)" They all have something in common which is that in these forms of autobiographies convey the same message that emotion is what effects how vividly the factual information will be portrayed. "Thus, by the twentieth century, autobiography became a more public form of self-expression which acted to marginalise those very voices which first produced it. (Meskimmon, p. 65)" " This led to women being more of a prominent figure in society. One can also say that autobiographies are also based on a writer's personal

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