meta cognition my memior

“Meta cognition: My Memoir”

In the book, “Running With Scissors,” Augusten Burroughs uses unique and

different patterns while writing his memoir. Throughout the book Augusten tells us a

story of a young boy and how he grows up in a dysfunctional environment. He illustrates

the thoughts of himself so that the audience gets a feel for what he is feeling as the main

character. He also descriptively describes all of his emotions for many different things.

He uses his thoughts to show us what it was like being Augusten. He also tends to go off

topic in some ways. In some parts of the book he begins talking about things that have

happened in the past. I decided to write about my first day at Malden High. Although

some of the facts can’t be verified it shows the true tone that Augusten uses in his

memoir. I related what I wrote to what Augusten had wrote about his school experience.

He hated it much like I did. Throughout the memoir Augusten Burroughs also gets into

intense details about certain events in his life. Much like what I did in my make believe

memoir.

I thought this assignment would be easier than the filler page or the cover page

because I can put a little bit of me in the way he writes. It’s easier for me to portray his

writing in my own experiences.