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Originally Posted by caroline79
I can't stand it when people say she is too self obsessed...she is writing a story about her life! How can she not be self obsessed  |
Many people write autobiographies without being self-obsessed. You can write about yourself without thinking you are the center of existence. Self-obsession is not inherent in all memoirs. That varies from writer to writer.
In fact, I don't think CAH was necessarily self-obsessed. She doesn't only talk about herself, even if she seemed to be insecure and trying to present herself in a certain light. You could tell that from the very first pages when she and her sisters were curled up in chairs all studiously reading.
Again, the light you want to present differs, depending on the writer. Some people want to seem strong. Some talented. Some tough. Some brilliant. Some sexy. Some like to make themselves more passive than they really are. The particular image they choose is not a hallmark of all autobiographies -- not everyone tries to present themself as beautiful, helpless or the object of envy. Yes, every autobiography -- every BIOgraphy -- is subjective, but subjectivity has nothing to do with the personality coming through in the book. Not everyone who writes the story of their lives is going to get the same criticism about the telling of that story as CAH did.
Michele