The Relationship between Author and Text

Mariatu's life experiences and passion for helping other women and children that have lived through the war has influenced herself to write a novel telling her life story.  I believe that she decided to write an autobiography because she wanted people to be aware of what had happened to her, and that it was still going on. In her book she tells all of the bad things that happened to her as well as the good. I believe she did this to show people even though many tragic things happened to her, she was still able to put that in her past and keep moving forward. I think that Mariatu included all of the major facts that happened in her life.