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To understand Memoir, first we have to understand what is narrative.
Narrative is nothing but the way of telling or writing a story. Narrative can be in different forms like poetry, song, drama or even dance. The story can be real or fictional. An important aspect of a narrative is the way it captivate the recipent and keep them engaged in the story. A narrative can be from first person, second person or third person's perspective.
Now, a memoir is a kind of narrative but from the author's perspective. It generally contains a collection of memories from a particular time of author's life that he/she likes to bring to the recipent. It is somewhat similar to an autobiography but the only difference is it contains the event of a specific part of their life while an autobiography is based on the journey of whole life.