Memories - El Mundo

During class today, I started to think about my childhood. I realized that when I look back at my life as a kids, I can barely remember many of the details that had once been so important to me. I find it so interesting that Juan Jose Millas had remembered so much detail and could express how he felt about those moments. Many little things can effect someone's life in a big way, but people like myself do not remember them. In discussion, we talked about how when we are kids everything seems so big and shiny and when we grow up we wonder if we were looking at the same thing. I find it interesting how everything is so new when we are young, and we learn everything for the first time. Every person can grow up so differently, which is why I think there is no "normal" way to grow up because every person and family has their quirks. Millas was so honest in expressing his feelings. It was sad that Millas did not recognize his dad as his father and was scared of him. I believe like Ilse that the book was a kind of closure for him as well as a great novel to outsell his competitors. Many people hold sad memories inside themselves, and I think by him writing about his past it helps him move forward. I also think that many people who have bad or "broken" childhoods think that their life will always be "broken". Millas is living proof that one's life can get better, as he is now a successful writer. Millas does a great job exploring his childhood and life and truely makes the readers look back on their life and how they grew up. It's amazing!