Gary Soto's A Summer Life

Alynceia Lazard

Gary Soto wrote a memoir called, “A Summer Life.” In a memoir, being yourself, and telling your own story are all important. They are important because you don’t want to lie and say you like something if you don’t. Speaking freely is telling how you really feel and not caring what other people think about it. And telling your own story is very important because the story is suppose to be about you not anyone else.

In the story, “A Summer Life” Gary was himself. He said that he likes the sound of the taps when he is walking. According to the book it says, “I love the sound of taps, the way little clicks make me feel grown up.” So yeah he’s being himself, he doesn’t care what other people thinks about it.

Gary speaks freely about

himself, he not scared to tell people if he got into trouble. He says thing that he did and got in trouble for. For example, Gary was riding his bike on another street, knowing he’s not allowed to. He stopped once he saw a kid his age ridding his tricycle. He told the kid he could run over his ankle, and that just what the kid did. Gary’s ankle was purple. He sat there crying until he was ready to go back home. Went he went home he saw his mother standing on the porch with a belt.
Gary does tell his own story. He tell what he did and how he gets into trouble. Telling how and what his brothers did is the exact thing he didn’t do. He might say something about his brothers, but the story is really mostly about him. For example, Gary scratched his hand doing something he shouldn’t done. His brother potted it and agreed not to tell. This was not his brothers story it was Gary’s.
In conclusion, Gary wrote a memoir how it should be written. He was being himself, he spoke freely, and he told his own story. Gary did an awesome job on his memoir.