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Compare And Contrast A Summer Life And William Zinsser

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“A Summer Life” and William Zinsser’s advice “How to Write a Memoir” have many similarities and differences. Zinsser gives great advice including “It’s your story’’, ”Be yourself”, and “Think small”. In “A Summer Life”, Gary Soto he used all three.

“A Summer Life” uses Zinsser’s advice “It’s your story” in the entire memoir. Gary Soto uses a child’s point of view in his memoir. “I was finished with unruly year of kindergarten, where I managed to learn the primary colors but little else” (26).It seems like Gary Soto doesn’t care about what others say about him he just writes what he feels like writing.

“A Summer Life “also uses another one of Zinsser’s advice “Be yourself”. In the memoir “A Summer Life” it says “We sat

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