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 |  | Memoirs of a Baby Boomer  [E] My first essay, as required by my creative writing class.  |
| (4.5)  This Review was done on behalf of House Targaryen as part of "Game of Thrones" ! Hi Liam .I'm JACE , and I have the honor of reviewing your offering "Memoirs of a Baby Boomer" , not only for GOT but also for
Congratulations on making it to your teenage years here on Writing.Com The views and opinions on this review are mainly the things discovered by the reader and therefore, do not reflect necessarily to the group, activity and/or event being affiliated herein. This is only the opinion and suggestions of the reviewer, and it is still up to the author of this piece to consider this review as a corrective action or otherwise.  Overall Impression. Generally, the first time I come across someone I've yet to review, I comb through their Portfolio looking first for essays, then short stories. I love reading essays, and was able to satisfy two urges: to read and review an essay.You state you wrote your essay for a creative writing course. It doesn't really matter, but I am curious: was it for a high school or a college course? I assume from your title it was the latter. I didn't know I was a baby boomer when I was in high school. I took an accelerated creative writing course--I needed that course to actually fulfill all the requirements to graduate. (Much longer story there.) But I discovered a lifelong interest in essays. As you probably know, but for the sake of anyone else reading this review, there are four main types of essays--argumentative, expository, narrative, and descriptive. Yours falls in the narrative form though it also fits in descriptive. You paint a vivid picture of your childhood, a time in which the rest of us boomers can certainly identify. I believe your title is too vague. I mean you should be more specific--your title really covers a huge area, and didn't offer much to pinpoint your actual topic. I think your title is a great one for a series of essays covering those years. Your essay fulfilled its requirement: that of evoking certain memories in the person reading it. Your words took me back to much simpler times, times that I lament passing. As I mentioned, memoires signifies a much broader topic. I saw no other essays visible in your folder. I hope you consider adding more. I'll be 70 this August and am engaged in writing a series of memoire essay for my kids (four of them) and grand-kids (eight). My problem has been too many memories to decide which to write. Your offering has added several more topics to my list. Thanks ... and I mean thanks!  Technical Considerations.I found nothing of consequence to be listed in this section. Well written essay. Favorite Part. I remember our neighborhood having apple, cherry, peach and orange trees. We would pick fruit for the owners for a small stipend and spend it exactly as you described.However, If I wanted the company of a friend or young lady, I needed to mow two lawns.  My Rating. 4.5. Thank you for sharing your offering.
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