How the writer uses his personal experience

The main focus of your analytical essay is on how the writer uses his personal experience in the excerpt from Will Jawando’s memoir My Seven Black Fathers: A Young Activist’s Memoir of Race, Family, and the Mentors who Made Him Whole. Since the text is a memoir, this suggests that it will focus on the writer’s personal memories. The writer uses his personal experience to make the readers more receptive to his outlook. 

The writer focuses mainly on how his friendship with Kalfani has been a positive and empowering influence for him. For instance, he describes in detail the first time he played a basketball game with Kalfani. He describes how star-struck he was by Kalfani, and how nervous he was when Kalfani picked him as a teammate. At first, he could not play well because of his anxiety, but then he got himself together and, with Kalfani’s...