Reading Response Hooks

Before you read
2.  I would begin an autobiography with a description of my family and hometown.  I would then move to my childhood and from there I would retell my life.  To write one you would need to talk to many people that knew you throughout your life such as teachers and friends.

Summary
In her article "Writing Autobiography" Bell Hooks argues that writing an autobiography can help you come to terms with your past and things that you have done and things that have happened to you that you are ashamed of or that hurt you.  She also explains how events or people in your life called catalysts can trigger previously forgotten memories from you past.

Synthesis
This article relates to "Learning to Read" by Malcolm X because they both deal with the author's past.  In his this chapter of his autobiography, Malcolm X describes how he educated himself while in jail and how being in jail let him change his ways and become highly literate.  In this article, Hooks describes how writing an autobiography let her come to terms with things that happened in her past.

Review
I found it interesting how personal the author gets in this article.  She tells you things about her past that I would not let anyone read about if I did them.  This proves that she is truly not ashamed of her past and has let go to what has happened.

QD
2.  Bio-mythography is a story from the past that the reader believes is true, but since it happened so long ago some of the details may be wrong or distorted.  Hooks' work is an example of bio-mythography because it may have some distorted details.

AE
2.  Identity can be changed through text because writers can either lie about events or they can only focus on certain details or events, changing what the writer things of them.