The memoir chili cheese dogs, my father and I by Pat Conroy is about a father and son, and how their relationship gradually develops through their common love for hot dogs. At first they don't see eye to eye on which hot dog is the best but by the end, they grow fond of their difference in taste and even they even try to persuade each other one to say that their hot dog was the best. This memoir, like many others, focuses on a specific event that happened to the author in his life. In this memoir, the specific event is when the father and son started to talk and finally see each other in a different light. Another aspect that makes this story a memoir is that it is reflective. The author realizes that his father, who was always cold to him,