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1、Usingbiographicalinformation,determinehowWallsisshapinghermemoir.Aretherethingssheisleavingout?Issheslantinginformationinacertainwhytoachieveaparticulareffect?Usethreeormoresources.Attachcopiesofthesourcesused.TheShapingofWalls’Memoir1.IntroductionTheGla
2、ssCastlewrittenbyJeannetteWallsisamemoirwhichrecallsthechildhoodlifeofJeannetteherselfandhersiblings.Jeannetteusesauniquenarrativestructuretoshapehermemoir.Jeannettedescribesthe"womanonthestreet"asthebeginningofthenovel,andtellstheirstoriesinchangeableli
3、vingplacesamongthe"desert","Welch"and"NewYorkCity",thusshowsafullpictureofthevagabondlifeoftheWallsfamily.ThenoveleventuallyendsinaThanksgivingDay,whichmakesthewholestoryfullofsweetatmosphere,lettingthereaderschewandtastethewordsrepetitively.(Zinesser,20
4、09)2.SpecialnarrationorderAtthebeginning,theauthordescribeshermother,whowasaddictedtopaintingandwriting.Hermotherwasunabletobearthemonotonouslifeandchosetoleadavagrantlife.Shewasseekingforsomethingaroundthejunk.ShesawJeannettebutdidnottalktoherforthesake
5、ofso-calledface.Jeannettearrangedthestructurewithareverseorder.(Balzer,2011)Thisissucharidiculousplotthatmakesreaderswonderwhycouldafamousjournalisthaveabeggarmother,andtheycannotwaittoknowthestorybehindit.Thethemeofthenovelis"thewanderinglife",sothrough
6、outthefulltextisthememoirofconstantstraylife.Theauthornarratesthatwhenshewasthreeyearsold,herfamilystartedthevagrantlifeforsomestrangereasons.Theycametothedesertfromthebustlingcity,andleftthewildernesstothetown...Theylivedlikenomadicpeople,constantlywand
7、eredfromoneplacetoanother.(Walls,2009)Thereweretoomuchuncertainty,mysteriousimaginationandriskwaitingforthem.Sothereadersseemlikeaccompanytheauthortobeginajourneyfullofmysteriesandadventure.(ConversationswithFamousWriters,2005)Everypartofthememoirarerela
8、tivelyindependentandinterdependent.(Balzer,2011)Theauthorusesherfather'sdreamofbuildingaglasscastleandconstantlylookedforgoldasacleargluethroughthefulltext,andmakeseverywithlegendarylifeexperienceineachvagabondplacetoenric
