Frank Mathias is a military veteran and a writer, by organizing all of his documents from his time in the military he is able to write his books and memoirs in an organized manner to create an accuracy and effect in his writings. As Mathias talks more on how he wrote his memoirs in the military he expresses more on how a memoir is more unique and more powerful than any other memoir. Mathias says after talking about his third writing that "there is something about a military memoir that chills the heart of most historians." When I read this I managed to reflect a part of my life with it because my father is in the military for almost 30 years and he majored in history in college, military literary was always around my house, so when I read that quote I managed to picture how different a military memoir is to a regular one due to its emotional effect it can create. Mathias also explains that he doesn't have a lot of experience in memoir writing but since he is a front man military soldier coming from a dramatic point of view, his simple words can be turned into a dramatic piece of literature that is appreciated from all angles. I wonder though, since military memoirs are not as appreciated as they were before, how popular do Mathias memoirs and books really get? Does Mathias' books and memoirs influence more military veterans to write memoirs or publish their memoirs of their experience? Now that Mathias has experience in being a good writer, would he want to re-write his memoirs that he originally did when he said that he didn't have that much experience when entering the field of writing.
Nicole Filmore manages to grab the attention of the reader in the first paragraph by explaining a regular weekend with a giant twist in how her sister found out that she was pregnant. She explains on how she has never seen her sister cry and creates a image that most people can picture about a sad girl who found out she is pregnant infront of her family. Nicole shows a lot of what she was thinking during the situation and seemed to have been more worried about her sisters baby then she was, but it creates a very interesting reading that does not bore the reader. Nicole keeps talking about what went in her head and how all the attention of the house was going to her sister. Week by week the date for the baby approaches and it creates an opinion of Nicole on her sister and having a child in how she never wants to do it and that she doesn't like her sister. But when the baby finally comes she forgets about everything and says how beautiful the baby is and its become her passion in life. I can really relate to this reading because I have had friends who have had kids at a very young age to and I always play a role in support for them. But it is different for Nicole since she is the sister and she plays a bigger role that will change the life of everyone in that family. I really enjoyed this reading and if I could ask questions to Nicole I would ask if the baby is still her "everything" to this day? After helping to raise this baby so far does she feel that she can raise one on her own? When does she plan on having a baby?
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I like that you can connect to the Mathias piece through your father and your interest in history.
Yeah, all my brothers and I were basicly forced to love history and we grew a passion for history from Roman times all the way to WWII. Our grandpa was in WWII and in Korea so we also get lectures about how it was over there and during the time, even interesting stories from my Grandma who will talk about what the females did while their husbands were at war.
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