Autoethnographic writing deviates from both the common analytical essay and from modern fiction. Though, one could argue that through its deviation, autoethnographies encompass the best attributes of both of those writing styles. The parts that are read as fiction to an unassociated third party are the stories--the accounts of personal experience with the topic at hand. Interestingly, these stories are not limited to those particular to the author. Rather, some of the most memorable anecdotes come through the interviews. The analytical essay shines through the cultural analysis that is ever-present in autoethnographies. Through such a self-expressive writing, the author seeks to connect his/her own take on a certain viewpoint to the greater whole of the culture to which it associates.