Forget to Remember

is saying that selective memory is when someone experiences a traumatic event, so they will forget something, or everything, about that event because of the trauma. In the novel Tangerine, the main character Paul has the most obvious case of selective memory out of all the characters. This book is about a visually impaired boy named Paul who moved with his family to Tangerine, Florida and cannot remember how he damaged his eyesight. In the book Tangerine, by Edward Bloor, either Paul’s selective

the students academically. Also they won't forget what the learned.But also it lets them have more separate breaks then just one big pointless break. Statistics show that if you have one big long summer break you forget what you have learned. Because kids show

his audience. With Lincoln's passionate and political tone, he comes across a use of rhetorical devices such as antithesis in his speech. He firmly states, "The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here." The words "little note" and "never forget" are both contradictory terms that support Lincoln's purpose. He incorporates the opposite phrases since he strives to make an impact upon the importance of the speech vs. the great matter and importance

Alzheimer’s Disease      Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive degenerative disease that attacks the brain and results in impaired memory, thinking and behavior. Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia. Dementia is the lost of thinking, remembering and reasoning so bad it screws up ability to do daily functions and eventually resolves in death. Dr. Alois Alzheimer’s first discovered the disease in 1906. Since then research has developed a deeper understanding of

Were the last words Thomas Burnett Jr. said to his wife before he sacrificed himself and took the plane back from the terrorists. The plane crashed in Pennsylvania, there were no survivors. Most people only remember those that lost their lives at the World Trade Centers, but we must not forget those who fought back. Those who lost their lives fighting for the safety of the country. In this day of remembrance, we must recall what we are here for. On September 11, 2001, 2,996 innocent lives were lost

nation such as the national cathedral symbolize many things to us that’s why memorials have importance to us they symbolize something major to us such as a battle or religion. If we did not have these memorials we wouldn't remember these events that took place and would forget them as if they were nothing so we create memorials to remind us each day of a certain day or event that took place such as ww2 vietnam or korean war. The National Cathedral located in Washington D.C. was created to make

Literary Insperation of the Holocaust Why do the survivors of such a tragic event such as the Holocaust want to remember those horrifying times by writing about memories that most people would only want to forget? I will show, Weisel has talked about, and as others have written, that the victims of the holocaust wrote about their experiences not only to preserve the history of the event, but so that those who were not involved and those who did survive can understand what really happened.

Alzheimer’s disease lose memories of their children’s childhood, or even sometimes their names. They forget what they themselves used to be like, including what their favorite place was to eat and what they did in their free time. To an outsider, it would seem that a person who forgets so much has nothing left but what may come in the future. However, there are ways that can help these ill or aged people remember who they used to be.

who have even forgotten how to swim and how to ride a bicycle” (18-19). The speaker humorously contradicts the old bicycle cliché that states that once you learn how to ride it, you never forget. According to the speaker, however, you do forget. And if you can forget how to ride a bicycle, you can certainly forget everything else. In no time, you will be blindly sinking into oblivion, and there is nothing you can do to stop it. On the surface, the speaker’s musings appear quite humorous. However, Collins’

learn. It meant a lot to me when I got to be taught by my sister, on how to ride my bike. If it wasn’t for her help, I wouldn’t know how to ride a bike today. When my parents did have time, they would also pitch in to help me. The reason why I remember this memory and was affected by