Memory is very important because it becomes a defining part of who we are. We remember how our actions and learn how to behave through others’ reactions. If we don’t remember, then we can’t determine how appropriate our behavior is. Our memory helps us understand how we feel about eachother Our encounters with other people build our feelings toward them. Each encounter strengthens our feelings for love, hate, fear, sadness, etc. If we can’t remember each encounter and build upon the previous encounters, then we cannot develop any type of relationship or determine how we can act around them. Without memory, we wouldn’t understand our world and wouldn’t know how to interact in it and with everything. We wouldn’t know sadness, sorrow, or happiness because we would not have any memory of what would trigger such emotion. For example, if someone you cared about died, you would not feel sad because you would not remember your relationship and times you’ve shared with them.


In the Clive Wearing situation, Clive really is no one He has no background knowledge to develop a character. He essentially is a new person each day. Clive’s wife is handling his situation with hope and faith. She believes he does remember in his own way and is optimistic that his condition will improve. In my opinion, she handles the situation really well. She keeps a positive attitude and does not show any sad emotions even if deep down she is feeling sad. She is brave and strong to be able to handle the situation like that. If I was in her shoes, I would be very devastated and very frustrated. I don’t know if I would be able to handle the pressure of my loved one not remembering the times we’ve shared. It would be very frustrating to put up with. It's hard to know that he doesn't remember anything, but you know it happened and you have the memory in your head.



This gives me a new appreciation of my own memory. It is something we take for granted and never imagine losing. Even though it gets frustrating to deal with bad situations, I know that I can learn from them. .






I never thought about how memory worked before. I only knew that we remember a lot of stuff even the things we don't want to. I know that my brain works to piece my memory together and is able to pull out pieces of information that my brain has stored during times of need. In this chapter, I noticed episodes of people having memory loss. For example, Aubri will repeatedly tell me stories, then tell me that she doesn't remember ever telling me them. I now see my own memory as bits of data stored in a computer. It is an extremely organized mechanism. Another example is the Human Memory: Recall activity that I took. In this activity, you were supposed to listen to person reading off a bunch of words. After they have been said, you were supposed to write down as many words as you could.  Even though I heard the words called, I forgot to write them down on my paper. There were also a few words I wrote that I heard wrong. During the reading of words, I made the connection that some of the words were fruits, directional terms, names, or money forms. I wrote down a wrong answer even though it associated with the type. For example, I wrote down dime because it associated with currency, but it was not said out loud. This whole process demonstrates that our memory can be forgetful even if you are trying hard to focus and remember something.