Compare Two Structural Approaches for Your Memoir Chapter

You've got the raw material for a chapter and two ways to lay it out: start at the beginning, or open at the loud bit and backfill. Rather than guess, this lays both side by side, shows what each does to the reader and what each quietly claims about meaning, so you pick with your eyes open.

I'm deciding between two ways to structure a memoir chapter. Here is the material: {CHAPTER_MATERIAL}.

Approach A: Chronological, beginning with the earliest event and moving forward in time.
Approach B: In medias res, opening at the moment of highest tension, then filling in context as needed.

For each approach:
- Describe what the reader experiences and what the chapter is implicitly claiming about meaning and time
- Identify what gets lost and what gets gained
- Write the first 100 words of the chapter in that structure

Then make a recommendation, not based on convention but on what this particular material needs. Justify your recommendation with specific reference to the content I've given you.