I Am the Cheese Memory and The Past Quotes Page 1
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| Quote #1 I'm not sure. What I mean is, I don't know whether I actually heard the words or if I'm filling them in now, like blank spaces on a piece of paper you have to complete (2.6) |
Did you know that memory is malleable (changeable)? Scientists have done all sorts of studies that show that it's possible to both remove a memory from someone's brain and implant a memory that wasn't there before. Here's an example. Think real-life Inception.
| Quote #2 T: Why are you hesitating? You appear – uncertain. |
You know when you feel really anxious about something, but you're not sure what? Or you're really hyped up but can't figure out why? This is like that times a thousand. Adam is uncertain about his uncertainty all the time.
| Quote #3 Or am I dramatizing, Adam wondered. He wanted to be a writer, to capture drama on paper. Was he really manufacturing mysteries to satisfy his literary longings, finding mysteries where they did not in fact exist? (13.4) |
Adam is talking here about spying on his family – but is it possible that his memory has also manufactured some mysteries? How much can we really trust his account of what happened in the past?
