Memory And Imagination: A Review

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affected as greatly. She says: “ We only store images of value... Pain likes to be vivid.” (245). Like if for instance as a child we missed out on something and we used to envy other kids who had it, we will never forget it. When she says pain likes to be vivid, she meant painful memories are always remembered. It’s like if pain wanted to always be there to remind you of your worst moments. You can’t forget them that easily. The older you get, the more you forget. That is because everyday you build a new memory; all the old ones becomes less and less clear everyday. If they were not significant to you, you won’t remember them to well.
If she lies, it’s not intentionally, it’s something we feel we have to do; we have to make up something because we don’t always remember what happened exactly. She is simply trying to remember by writing. She does not write about what she knows, but she writes to find out what she does know. Also she says: “Each of us must have a created version ...

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