Purpose

Awareness, inspiration, catharsis and historical reference can be seen as the purpose of this graphic novel. It is an important story that has an impact. People seem to forget important memories over time too easily. This graphic memoir will hopefully help to keep these important memories and give insight into the emotions and conditions that were lived through.

It can be beneficial to both the writer and the reader to have an experience through a graphic memoir like “We Are On Our Own”. The article below talks about some benefits that could come from these kinds of works.

http://memoriesandmemoirs.com/2012/03/01/memoir-writing-a-creative-path-to-self-awareness/