Answer:
to remember
To make up my history
Explanation:
The word "striking" means something remarkable, memorable and that had a strong impact in a given situation. The narrator of the text uses this word to refer to remarkable, impacting, minutable and significant moments that happened in his life, to the point of "making my story" as he says. The sentence "make my story" is what reinforces the meaning of "striking" within this context.
Amanda Gorman was the first
The tone is Marigolds starts off as a childish tone with free will then at the end with guilt
b. hyperbole
the author is exaggerating the situation