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Churchill aged 21 as a subaltern in the 4th Hussars, 1895. The introduction notes that Churchill endeavoured to write the book from his point of view at the time of the events, but it contains different commentaries on the events described in the other books, many of which were originally written as contemporary newspaper columns.
The main idea in A Short Narrative of My Life is the Great Awakening and how it is used to transform society. The Awakening was supposed to create more equality between different groups of people, but favoritism was still common.
Wikipedia is not a soapbox for individuals to espouse their views. However, views held by politicians, writers, and others may be summarized in their biography only to the extent those views are covered by reliable sources that are independent of the control of the politician, writer, etc.
Life writing is an expansive genre that primarily deals with the purposeful recording of personal memories, experiences, opinions, and emotions for different ends. While what actually constitutes life writing has been up for debate throughout history, it has often been defined through the lens of the history of the autobiography genre as well as the concept of the self as it arises in writing.
An alphabiography is an autobiography, often set as an English studies project for high school or college students, consisting of a set of twenty-six short stories or chapters about the writer's life. [1] Each story or chapter has a title starting with a different letter of the alphabet, for example: "Apple growing", "Baseball", "Cynthia" etc ...
The book received mixed reviews. Reviewing the book in The Washington Post, Gerald Early felt, "The best part of this autobiography...is Simone's recollection of her childhood," but said "in the end, [the book] seems sketchy and self-defensive....She tells very little either about the times in which she lived, or about the people who were most instrumental to her growth after her childhood ...
In his autobiography, American on Purpose, he identifies himself as an autodidact—although a dilettante one (see the article on Jean-Paul Sartre's Nausea). Penn Jillette , a member of the comedy and magic duo Penn & Teller, declared both he and his partner Teller to be autodidacts in an episode of their television series, Penn & Teller ...
Memoir – similar to an autobiography, except that memoirs generally deal with specific events in the life of the author. Myth – an ancient story often meant to explain the mysteries of life or nature. News – information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third party or mass audience.