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Inquiry 3

Inquiry 3. Based on the reading…. What tips did you find helpful from Zissner’s article? How do you think your approach will differ from writing the previous two inquires? What will be the same or change?. Inquiry 2 Guidelines. Proposal /Annotated Bibliography:

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Inquiry 3

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  1. Inquiry 3

  2. Based on the reading… • What tips did you find helpful from Zissner’s article? • How do you think your approach will differ from writing the previous two inquires? What will be the same or change?

  3. Inquiry 2 Guidelines • Proposal /Annotated Bibliography: • Outline the critical question you plan to explore and summarize at least 4 articles that may be helpful in your research. • Memoir- through a personal story, you will interact with the critical question/larger theme your memoir illuminates. • Reflective Component/mini presentation- how does your research interact with your memoir?

  4. Examples • “The Things We Carried”-Vietnam war, PTSD, etc. • Collins “Forgetfulness”- Amnesia, Alzheimer's, etc. • Olds “The one Girl at the Boy’s Party” – how is sexuality socially constructed? • “Eat, Memory” – where does our food come from? How does taste affect memory?

  5. Multi-modal Genre • comic book • video • Google search commercial: • written memoir • Song or poetic memoir • audio essay

  6. Different Approaches to Memoir Topics: • Family legacy: • Created for your own social network, you can start anywhere and write anything. Create lists, including dates and short descriptions of the major events and transitions. “I was born in 1921. When I was five and went to school and discovered they spoke a different language than we did at home.” • Intersection with history or politics • What historical changes did you experience? Do you have a story to tell about growing up during major events? Did you live overseas or travel? Do you have specific memories of recent events ie. 9/11, Katrina, etc. Your recollections will offer people a glimpse into those historic events and periods.

  7. Nostalgia: • Nostalgia can be an important ingredient of memoir writing. If your memories provide insights into the haunting images of the past, your story might raise similar emotions in readers who remember or want to remember those times. • “A silent gesture” by Tommie Smith and David Steele • "Vinyl Highway: Singing with Dick and Dee Dee " by Dee Dee Phelps • War: • People who were actually in war or in the military/ army are so profoundly affected by their experiences, and then must live with these memories. Sharing your war memoirs informs readers of the realities of war, shares parts of history, and help you heal from the alienation and trauma of war. • “My Detachment” by Tracy Kidder • "In Pharoah's Army" by Tobias Kidder • “Shades of Darkness” by George Brummell • "Goodbye Darkness" by William Manchester

  8. Charity or service: • Serving other people provides an intersection between your life and the life of those who need your help. If you devoted a period of your life to serving others, you have a story to tell about the human condition, about the particular situation of the people you are serving, and about what it was like to serve. • “Out of my life and thought” by Albert Schweitzer • Personal struggle or witness: • You may want to write about overcoming a hardship. You might have faced a mental or physical health challenge, cared for aging parents, or survived cancer. Telling the tale of your survival of these personal struggles could help other people understand your world and give them inspiration to survive their own. • “Thinking in Pictures, My Life with Autism” by Temple Grandin • “The year of magical thinking” by Joan Didion • "Lucky" by Alice Sebold • "Down Came the Rain" by Brooke Shields

  9. Social or cultural struggle or witness: • If your life encountered social injustice, your personal life intersected with a period of history. Your experience can give people a glimpse into how individuals strive within the context of their society. • “Man’s search for meaning,” by Viktor Frankl • “Life and Death in Shanghai” by Nien Chang • "Funny in Farsi: A memoir of growing up Iranian in America" by Firoozeh Dumas • Advice based on experience: • These books pass along lessons learned from personal experience, for example, How I succeeded in business and you can too. How I became a writer and you can too. You may also tell about the basis for your belief system that grew out of your own life experience. • “Out on a Limb” by Shirley Maclaine uses personal experience to teach a thought system. • “Bird by Bird” by Anne Lamotte, teaches how to live a writers life. • “Man's Search for Meaning” by Viktor Frankl teaches a system for improving your life.

  10. Coming of Age • The story of growing from a child to an adult is one of the most profound transitions in life. We all went through it, and can learn from other people’s experience of this transition. • If you look carefully at the issues and elements of your own particular early life experience, you can offer your own slant on the journey of going from child to adult. What was your cultural experience, family habits and customs, caregiving or misfortune in your home, family secrets. Nomadic life. Mixed race parents. Your relationships with your siblings. Gypsy life. Life in a drugstore. Life in a coal mining family. What other unique features could organize the story of your life? • "Name all the animals" by Alison Smith • "Audacity of Hope" by Barack Obama • “Angela's Ashes” by Frank Mccourt • "Glass Castle" by Jeanette Walls • Spritual Journey • Beyond what we can see, the spiritual journey looks for a transcendent meaning. Because it is so personal, memoir is the perfect medium to share insights into the spiritual dimension. • "Expecting Adam" by Martha Beck • "Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith" by Anne Lamott • "Here if you need me" by Kate Braestrup

  11. Free-writing Exercise • Think of a personal memory that sticks out to you as important. • Focus on events/setting from childhood( around age 5 or 6) • Describe in detail, using thick description starting sentences with “I remember.” • Write for about ten minutes • Now, begin writing sentences that begin “I don’t remember” to help trigger more memories.

  12. Group work • Share in groups of two or three possible memoir ideas and genres that you might access based on your interest/abilities.

  13. Homework • Reading and journal assignment will be posted to BB by this afternoon. Look for it on BB under the discussion board.

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