Reflect more generally on how you tend to interpret autobiographical writing, your own as well as other writers’. Consider some of the following questions: In reading for meaning, do you tend to find...

Reflect more generally on how you tend to interpret autobiographical writing, your own as well as other writers’. Consider some of the following questions: In reading for meaning, do you tend to find yourself interpreting the significance of the event or person in terms of the writer’s personal feelings, sense of self-esteem, or psychological well-being? Or do you more oen think of significance in terms of larger social or economic influences — for example, in terms of the writer’s gender, class, or ethnicity? Where do you think you learned to interpret the significance of people’s stories about themselves and their relationships — from your family, friends, television, school?