Vodka Memories of My Past

The idea about human to reconcile the uncertainties of the past with a new or present situation. Throughout the year I studied the texts about, novel 1984 by George Orwell, a film Good Will Hunting and Shakespeare's play Hamlet. In these texts because the characters' uncertainty about the past, they won’t succeed in future situations in their lives. I'm referring from the text of how these uncertainties can have an effect for these protagonists throughout the story until they reach tougher situations.

The Past, an ever growing pool of time, is always biting at the heels of a person. It reminds him of what they have done wrong, done right, or when he did nothing. For most people, recalling the past leads to loose ends and blanks where memories should be. No matter how much a person may want to return to the past, it is not possible. It is lost forever. These forgotten moment lead to uncertainties and confusion in the present, and chaos in the future. Forgetting the past leads to spirals, spinning downwards as people look to what they have lost. They retrace their steps hoping to find a sliver of who they are and what may become of them. In the poem, Itinerary, Eamon Grennan shows how an individual searches through his past, but can never return to it. Through the poem and with a personal experience I will explain how individuals deal with uncertainties in their pasts.

Ultimately it is stressed that decisions have impact on the unknown, providing comfort as it implements two principles; that undesirable future events are able to be prevented and fixed and that desirable future events are able to be created. The comforting nature of these time travel principles illustrate that the notion of control alleviates fears as sublime ‘what if?’ scenarios are made possible and attainable.

In the short story of “Letting go” David Sedaris speaks about his addiction to smoking cigarettes. He mentions where it all started in the beginning of the story by him visiting the American tobacco plant near Durham, North Carolina near his hometown. There he learned how cigarettes were made and was also given a free pack to bring to his parents. During when he went to school smoking was permitted almost everywhere from schools in classrooms to hospitals in front of patients, he mentions how he remembered seeing ashtrays in grocery stores and in movie theatres which made him want to do the opposite of smoking.

“As we learn in the story, being mired in the ‘eternal present’ carries with it dangerous and devastating consequences” (Theriot 59).

New ideas derived from self-reflection enable us to develop in ways that are spiritually linked to the future. The inexorable passage of adulthood is established by the motif of time, indicating that life is continuously moving forward. The personification of time “guiltless minute hand” suggest that time is not responsible for our future, but we are. Additionally, the dysphemistic personification of “time was killed” foreshadows the cessation of childhood. Eventually, the

Do events of the past affect an individual’s life? How important are memories of the past for people of the future? Does the past, even relate to the future at all? To figure out the answers to these questions, one has to understand the impact that past events can do to one’s future. Events in the past are essential to an individual 's development and can change their perspective of life. As a matter of fact, you can see these questions being answered in Classical Literature, Modern Literature, Current Events and even Visual Rhetoric.

The past, the present and the future all have one similarity: time. The past can either be one’s burden or blessing. The present takes into account how one’s past affects the choices they make that will inevitably affect the future. The future is the product of the past and the present along with the sense and image of the future. These three timely qualities are present in the quote, “We are all serving a life-sentence in the dungeon of self”, by Cyril Connolly. The “life-sentence” is caused by the past, the “serving” is the present, and the “self” is the future of who someone is. Along with the quote, the past, present, and future are thoroughly established The Crucible by Arthur Miller as well through a sin, a choice, and a name. I agree

In relation to time, Mulisch demonstrates that wars and hidden emotions of the past prevail into a future that is not clear: “To dynamic personalities, the present is a ship that drives its bow through the rough seas of the future. To more passive ones it is rather like a raft drifting along with the tide” (151). No matter of whether the past takes a toll at a passive or active personage, no matter of whether you are controlling the boat in the “rough seas” or just passively admiring the “tide” and allowing it to control your path, the mirage of perfection in the future is not attainable without a resolution of the

“That was a long time ago, but it’s wrong what they say about the past, I’ve learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out. Looking back now, I realize I had been peeking into that deserted alley for the last twenty-six years.” (Hosseini, 1)

“Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in registration, his dreams mocked to death by Time. That is the life of men. (1) This quote is significant because it shows the narrator’s perspective

Introduction Memory is the tool we have a tendency to use to find out what has happened or assume when repeated. Memory is the power of retentive and recalling past experiences. We have a tendency to reassure ourselves that our reminiscences are correct and precise. Many of us believe that they'd be ready to keep in mind something from the event, and therefore the completely different options of things. Yet, people don’t notice the very fact that the more you're thinking that a few state of affairs the additional seemingly the story can change, and be altered without you knowing it.

As acclaimed author Yvonne Woon wrote, “Sometimes, you have to look back in order to understand the things that lie ahead.” Reflecting, or the act of thinking deeply about a moment from the past, the present, or the possibility of such an event in the future, is an important aspect of human nature, as it serves as a method of learning and as an example of evolution. By reflecting on the modern and historical world, we are able to obtain a deeper understanding of why and how certain things happen, and then decide whether or not we are satisfied with the environment in which we live. Contemplating all the decisions that have been made and all the different circumstances our ancestors have lived through, can serve as guidance for the future.

As Emerson perceived the world, “Man postpones or remembers; he does not live in the present, but with reverted eye laments the past, or, heedless of the riches that surround him, stands on tiptoes to foresee the future. He cannot be happy and strong until he too lives with nature in the present, above time” (“Self-Reliance” 833-834). Even if a man finds himself with both self-trust and originality, he may never realize his true potential if he is preoccupied with past events or future fortunes. Emerson finds these obsessions to be utterly useless: “Discontent is the want of self-reliance; it is the infirmity of will. Regret calamities, if you can thereby help the sufferer; if not, attend to your own work, and already the evil begins to be repaired” (838). In contemporary society, a willingness to “live in the moment” is highly regarded, especially among youth, yet this acceptance seems to wane with age. Nevertheless, excessive anxiousness and nostalgia are a waste of the potential that can be realized when the truths of the present are

     There is no empirical evidence that the past to carry on to the future. If the past has no rule for the future, experience becomes useless. It is then that customs render the future. “ the mind is carried by custom to except heat