Analyzation full of Admiration

Lena Dunham's piece is full of detail that can't help but capture any reader's attention. Although, it was full of emotion and realness during specific points in her life, I did not feel as if I could relate to it very well. I admire the way it is set up so seamlessly. It ultimately reads just a like a story with plot points of her childhood pinned into each paragraph, making it easy to read and feel. I could not relate to what she was talking about dealing with in her childhood. Like having a therapist and facing anxiety in her everyday life constantly, even in school. On the other hand, I felt like I could really relate to the cousin's memoir. I feel like it is a memoir about the struggle with goodbyes from someone you are very close to. I was in a long distance relationship with my current boyfriend for roughly two years, so to read the emotions that were being portrayed in this memoir was very relatable. 

"Seeing someone that you haven't seen in so long, but feeling compelled to pull a conversation out of thin air as if not a day had gone by." 

This is so relatable. Sitting across from someone who you had said goodbye to once before is a strange, bittersweet feeling. Thoughts running through your head, all jumbled together. You feel as if you have so much to say, but nothing ends up coming out right. It is like you are trying to pile two years into an hour dinner. Overall, I would say that between the two memoirs, I really gravitated towards the cousin memoir. 

I would not say that either of these author's really overshare in their memoirs. I think both withhold a perfect amount of detail. It is not too much to make it seem as if they are over exaggerating, but it is enough to make reader's feel something. It also creates a pictured story in the audience's mind while reading these pieces. It is easy to sense what the writer went through and what they felt/learned from these experiences. 

I think both author's show truthfulness in their stories. I felt that they were very open, personable, and raw in their work, leaving the reader feeling somewhat connected to the story, as if they had gone through it with them. I think there is a perfect amount of detail and the writing is impeccable to a point where you can't help but believe that all the information that was given is true.