What makes South!, a memoir by Ernest Shackleton, fall under the nonfiction genre?

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Jaron Gross

1 April, 02:13

What makes South!, a memoir by Ernest Shackleton, fall under the nonfiction genre?

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Jacqueline Gibson · Answer 1

It falls under the nonfiction genre because memoirs are written based on the writers memory and speak of real events, which are non-fiction.

Sheldon Huffman · Answer 2

It falls under the nonfiction genre because memoirs are written based on the writer's memory and speak of real events but elaborated on with imagination which is non-fiction.