Just As I Am: A Memoir

“Just As I Am: A Memoir” Cicely Tyson and Michelle Burford’s book. Tyson’s literary debut, it is published January 26, 2021. Formed from Tyson’s life journey from her upbringing in Harlem and early experience in the church, to her life as a successful model and actress, the memoir details Tyson’s life. Hollywood took Tyson in and gave him Tonys, Emmys and an honorary Oscar, but rebounded with racial and personal traumas. So, she chose to make use of her career as a platform for black story telling and activism.

Plot Summary

Here would follow the plot summary of the memoir, detailing the high points, the turning points, and the work of the story line. Without specific information on “Just As I Am: A Memoir,” in particular, particularly when talking about memoirs (and we can consider that as Memoirs A Memoir), see if you can think about ways that memoirs often use fiction techniques to engage their readers: creating a narrative arc, developing characters, and writing vivid descriptions so that the story comes alive. Express the importance of having a well-structured plot to make the memoir both compelling and relatable.

Characters

Autobiographical works (memoirs) are often the author as the main character. Speak about how the character of the author changes in the memoir, speaking about any epic personal growth, challenges achieved, or lessons learned. By explaining how the author makes these strong, 3-D characters in memoirs and when they do so, it sounds as if they do this through introspection, dialogue, or descriptive scenes that bring person and emotion out about these characters.

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Themes

Find out about all the central themes of the memoir such as resilience, identity, love, redemption, and find out how they change throughout the narrative. Think about how the author uses their experiences to bring these themes to light and don’t treat the memoir as just a personal story but create a universal one that anyone can relate to. Explore how themes in memoirs reach out to the readers and make sense of the human condition.

Writing Style and Pacing

There you can write about how the author wrote, including the way it was written in language, in the tone, and in space. How does an author handle balance between reflection and action, between summary and scene? Think about what sensory details are doing (or could be doing) to make the memoir not only real, but a place where one can step in and notice. Without specific examples from “Just As I Am: A Memoir,” you can look at more specific things that make up good memoir writing, like how being rather than telling is necessary and how the voice of a memoir needs to be powerful.

Conclusion

In conclusion, summarize the key points discussed in your article, reiterating the significance of “Just As I Am: A Memoir.” From there, highlight the importance of memoirs — or, more broadly, any personal stories that are inspirational, educational, and, of course, compelling — to bring people together. Think about the role the memoir genre plays in literature with its characteristic of the combined personal narrative and what is universal. End with a thought-provoking statement or even a call to action to read memoirs and stories.

• Written By

  : Cicely Tyson, Michelle Burford

• Narrated By

  : Cicely Tyson, Viola Davis, Robin Miles

• Published By

  : HarperLuxe