A Work In Progress (flawful)
By: Connor Franta
Memior
Every memoir has certain characteristics that help make it special and stand out of the crowd. They only focus on a brief/short period of time. Each memoir can be unique in its own way but it must have a conflict or struggle. Memoirs reveal the authors thoughts, feelings and also the lesson the learned. The writer uses details and figurative language that bring the story to life and paint a picture in the readers mind.
This chapter focuses on about ten minutes of the authors life, when the author got into a fight, and was called fat by his brother. He hadn't noticed it before his brother pointed it out, but after that he realized that his brother might have been right.
Theme
The theme of the story is that you need to embrace yourself and not worry about what other people think.
He went to his mom crying and telling her what had happened.
She talked to him and gave him some words of wisdom. She told him that if he liked himself he shoudn't care about what other people think.
He realized that even if his brother was right so was his mom, he told himselif that he was ok with his appearence.
He felt a lot better after talking to his mom.
thoughts/feelings
This chapter reveals the writer's thoughts and feelings multiple times. An example is when he says " I remember the sting of those words". He is telling the readers that he was feeling sad and hurt because of something someone said.
literary devicses
In this book the author uses devices like medaphores and similes to bring the story to life. An example of a time when he used a literary device is when the author says " Like a football to the face in the middle of winter. What he means by that is, It hurt a lot. When the author says " Confidence and smiles are just masks we wear" he is using a medaphore because he is comparing smiles and confidence with masks. I think what he means is that even when you are smiling with confidence you are not showing your true self.
Lesson
After talking to his mom the author learned that he was okay with his body. If other people thought he was fat, he didn't care. He realized that he shouldn't care about what other people think about himself, because its his body not theirs.
Quote
" If you like you that's all that matters. If you don't maybe you could work out why that is". I think that quote can really help people that are not feeling good about them self. If some one says something bad about them, they shouldn't care as long as they like them self.