Julie and Julia

Julie and Julia function as a memoir because it told a story between two people. Julia Child's was how she came about publishing a cookbook and having her own cooking show. Julie's story was about writing a blog to completely cook all of Julia's recipes in her cookbook, linking them both together. This functions as a memoir because it tells a story, looking back on their lives and how they strive to complete and do something more in their lives. This memoir feels very authentic. I believe every word and not only because I'm a sap but because I love the idea of the movie. Julia and Julie both went through there struggles and that makes it more real, to me. The scope is appropriate and shows their struggles at the same time and their successes at the same time, linking them together even more. Some common experiences between them were cooking, of course. They both struggle with recipes and have doubts. Julia seems more composed and optimistic, Julie seems spastic and pessimistic. Both document their experiences whether it be by pen to a friend named Millie or on a blog to a bunch of strangers over the web. Both of these women have people that believe in them and people that want to make their story known. Another similarity is their relationships with their husbands. Both were also government workers not truly living out their dream or doing what they loved a little later in life. Julia loved the french and found a hobby and fame out of cooking. Julie, while she cooked, found fame because of her blog and the things she would write, after all she is a writer. Overall, this memoir made it easier for me to pin point the things I need to work on in my own memoir.