Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris is a series of essays that allowed me, the reader, to visualize not only his life, but understand his thoughts and emotions throughout the book. From the author’s realization of having a lisp, to trying, but failing, miserably to learn french, Sedaris lives his life full of insecurities, and full of the fear of not fitting in. Throughout the book I am able to explore Sedaris’ feelings and thoughts of belonging, because he constantly illustrates that theme through his childhood, his experiences, and through the people he encounters.
The author’s childhood is just one example in the book that expresses David Sedaris’ feelings and thoughts of belonging. In Sedaris’ first essay “Go Carolina” , he mentions
