For HL IB Language and Literature English class, our class began working with the topics included in Unit 2. The topic expanded into what a memoir was and how to place metaphor into our writing using a packet handed out by Mr. Butorac titled, Chapter 8: Metaphor and Meaning. We also read the memoir of Bob Dylan and how his celebrity status ruined his life and relationship with his family. Also, the class reads a memoir from American Scholar titled “Playing at Violence” by Pacifique Irankunda who explains what it’s like to come from a war torn country to America who glorifies war with video games. Moreover, “Playing at Violence” helped to explain memoir voice. The essay showed how memoir voice is honest and includes unfinished wisdom meaning