Re: History & Memory - the 50th gate (does anybody know how to answer the essay quest
so the fifteeth gate is a novel by Mark Baker about his parents experiences as Jewish people who survived the holocaust and came to australia - I've read the novel.
I'm finding troubles to write an essay for history and memory, can anybody help me? whats history and memory about anyway??
Mark Baker shows the fragmentedness and fragility of memory. This is reflected through the non-linear structure
memory is painful and can be trigerred by one of our 5 senses e.g sight, smell
the truth is made up of both memory and history
memory is the individual experience and historical record is shaped by context but historical record i susecptible to bias
memory is a significan thing for the Jewish people
memory in narrative form is:
*more direct
*more interacting and less confusing
*succint
Baker demonstrates that the relationship between memory and history is a complex one
Although history and memory are connected they are not always the same
And now i have to go study, i might time more up later
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