Question

What makes South!, a memoir by Ernest Shackleton, fall under the nonfiction genre?

Answer 1

It falls under the nonfiction genre because memoirs are written based on the writers memory and speak of real events, which are non-fiction.

Answer 2

It falls under the nonfiction genre because memoirs are written based on the writer's memory and speak of real events but elaborated on with imagination which is non-fiction.