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I hope to learn more of what impact this event from my life had on me as I go back and reflect on it. I'm hoping to become more aware after writing this memoir, specifically in future events when I have the chance to remember more. This experience will help me to better dissect other moments from my life. When considering my audience, I hope to explain my experiences in my memoir with enough detail so that they feel as though they lived through it as well. My goal is to accurately depict this portion of my life while painting a picture for the reader to easily capture in their mind. Within in my memoir I think it would be unnecessary to include too many characters, as the experience will be more difficult to follow if the list of characters is too large. This will allow the reader to direct their full attention to the 2 to 3 fundamental characters involved. I will not be needing to tell any backstories within my memoir. The story will provide enough detail of who is who and why ...

1. The Bus When I was a kid I took the bus to school everyday, and one day a friend of mine asked me to eat a couple FiberOne bars. After a few minutes we began feeling the rumbling in our stomachs and started to fart more than we ever have before. The kid around us crowded towards the front of the bus away from us and eventually we were yelled at and called up to the front because we could not stop farting. We couldn't stop farting and the bus driver ended up suspending us from the bus for the rest of the week. 2. My Brother When my brother and I were walking home from school after getting off the bus, I decided that it would be funny to push him over into the grass. Once I did that I heard a cracking sound and saw that I had cracked a pot with a flower in it that my brother was holding when he fell. He got up and cried that it was a present for our mom. The feeling of remorse was too much and I've thought about that moment and have always felt the need to make it up to m...