Biography / Autobiography and Who You May Be
Brown Girl Dreaming is a biographical work. It contains photos of the family members described in the book. There are many historical figures mentioned in the book too. A biography is a story written about a person. An autobiography is when someone writes about their own life. One of the strong points of Brown Girl Dreaming is how Jacqueline Woodson makes her own early life a symbol, or connects it to, the time she lives in, with its background of the civil rights movement in the United States. Another example of a similar autobiographical story, where the person speaking about their own life connects it to the time they live in is the Swedish Somali hip hop star Cherrie. Here she speaks about how she grew up, what is important to her and where she comes from: What do you belong to; a family, a way of living, or maybe it is about your hobbies and interests. One thing you do belong to is Generation Z. Generation Z or Gen Z , also known by a number of other names, is the demogr