Starting my Multimodal Memoir related to home, family, and self concerning my own identity, language, and ethnicity. The overall theme that I want to capture is my emotion on the aspect of my communities culture roots, it’s value to my identity and its importance, prior to drifting myself away from my community. I will talk about my thought process as a teen by going back to past experiences and giving a realistic adventure through my choice of words to reveal my message. By initiating how I felt, dressed, and acted with the use of the five senses to give a realistic experience to my audience, in order for them to engage within my piece of writing. I will explicitly state that as I grew older, I felt disconnected with my latin community because I felt that it lacked class due to it being located in the center of poverty with people that signified my own race, instead of having more diversity in a richer neighborhood. I wanted to fit in with the stereotypes of America due to what I saw in movies and other people’s videos across all social media platforms. I will include the “experienced/ innocent voice” by giving an example about events that led up to distancing myself within the community for wanting better by fitting in with American society. While also showing a development among my character that follows my reflection as an adult rather than when I was a teen.
Examples to state in my essay
People from Mexico expect a different way of living in America by having nice cars, a huge house, having money and huts living a lifestyle of riches. ( My cousins envied me for living in a country that they always known as “rich”. Me knowing that I didn’t have the style, made me want to have it. Drifting me away from my community/roots because I was blind to the true value that it holds.
Wanted to fit in the American Society. Seeing blonde girls with bright blue eyes and a completion that was lighter than me. ( Younger me has a darker complexity) I wanted to look like them and live the way they did. This drifted me away from embracing my culture and ethnicity.
While also showing a development among my character that follows my reflection as an adult rather than when I was a teen.As I grew older, my grandma would tell me stories about how her and my grandfather crossed the border so my mom could live a better life(vivid imagery, making it so detailed). I later reflected and understood the obstacles to living in this country. Feeling both blessed and honored for the lifestyle that my Mexican parents gave me and the vakueh that my community has. . Her stories helped me realize the importance of my cultural background and how I should be proud of the courage that took my family to get to the United States. In addition, the audience (teens) stand to gain the message of not letting America’s society influence the way you feel about your race and identity, in order to fit in with America’s stereotypes. Therefore, I hope to motivate teens to embrace their cultural background without wanting to create a better version of themselves that is more American than their actual ethnicity.
Obstacles about writing a memoir
I feel like my ideas are all over the place and have different significant messages that can confuse the audience.
I feel both confident and unsure of my overall theme and message of choice.
Questioning if my topic is a good discussion related to home, family, and self concerning my own identity, language, and ethnicity. Where I learned and reflected on past experiences.
Does this show my “experienced and innocent voice”
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