Personal Narrative-Parody

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Even though I thoroughly enjoyed this book, there was one particular thing I would change. Instead of having organized her chapters to follow a traditional plot, Ellen seemed to have randomly ordered the series of events that occurred throughout the book. What I mean by this, is that there was no distinct flow to the story. It was mostly just a big clump of jumbled events. With this, I would sometimes get confused and lose interest in sections of the book. For instance, it was hard to jump from a more serious topic as displayed in “Family,” to a more parody themed chapter like “What Would Jesus Do?” This quality of Seriously...I’m Kidding made it harder to understand the complete thought each chapter produced. In this example, I remember while