In Confessions, Jean-Jacques Rousseau tells his own life story as he was from Geneva, he narrated his lifetime story from his childhood till he was at the peak of his fame as philosopher. He decided to write his autobiography which was based on his personal life as there were few autobiographies available at that time which were mostly related to the religious work done for example Augustine and Saint Teresa. He explained about himself that who he was and how he came to be the object of other's admiration and abuse. He shared every detail of his life and sinful thoughts. Throughout of the Confession he shared the embarrassing part of his life too. When he published his autobiography; it represented a new form of literature.
