Memoirs are made with the help of many tools at the writers disposal. The memoir has to tell a story, it must focus on a single moment. Life's Bicycle focuses on a single memory and tells a story through that memory. The memoir controls time. In Life's Bicycle, it takes place in the past and stays there. The meaning of a memoir is to invoke an emotional response and to express an idea. Life's Bicycle conveys a feeling of growing up and taking on new challenges, but a lot is left for personal interpretation. To control how the memoir feels, the writer must use specific observable details, use language or word choice, such as metaphors or strong verbs or nouns, and they must also use dialogue and/or thoughts. Life's Bicycle conveys all of these guidelines with the use of specific observable details, like the bike itself or his mother. Both are described vividly. The writer of Life's Bicycle also uses strong language such as, illuminated, assiduously, and ebullient. Many more examples were used. Life's Bicycle also completes the task of using dialogue and memories to make a coherent memoir. The writer speaks in past tense, while at the same time, he uses the memory to produce his story. With the use of all of these tools, the writer has made a perfect example of a memoir, Life's Bicycle.