Semi-autobiography versus Memoirs:

  Written as a memoir, are Persepolis and I am Malala more powerful than Dazai and Sidhwa’s semi-autobiographical novels? Why or why not? Compare either Dazai or Sidhwa’s text with either of the memoirs we read in class. What are the benefits and drawbacks of memoirs and semi-autobiography? Please use specific examples to justify your observations.   Persepolis book http://www.wlhs.wlwv.k12.or.us/cms/lib8/OR01001812/Centricity/Domain/1354/the-complete-persepolis-by.pdf