POST 4

Out of every reading we have been assigned so far, this has been my favorite.  Murry explains that no matter what you are writing about or how you write, all of your writing is somehow autobiographic.  We are asked to reconsider the constructs in which we have been raised up to believe about using "I" only in a autobiographic manor and never in any other type of writing.  He believes that this is something we have to get rid of completely because it teaches young writers that speaking about themselves in a text is unacceptable.  He brings up a great point; you realize more about yourself, what you're writing about, or who you're writing about after writing it, making it a chronicling of your own self, "We become what we write" (62)  Murry believes that autobiographical writing can also help the troubled mind, "writing autobiography is my way of making meaning of the life I have led and am leading and may lead." (61)  It is interesting that Murry uses his writing as an escape, yet is a very admirable practice.  His final statement about autobiographical writing, "The texts we create in our own minds while we read -or just after we read- become a part of the life we believe we lived." shows his strong belief in the inescapable fact that "all writing is autobiographic."