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ADVANCED ENGLISH-ASSESSMENT TASKMODULE-CHISTORY AND MEMORY

Good evening ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome to the JWCS study day. In English we have been studying History and Memory. This speech will be based around the topic, “History, without memory is merely a collection of facts, and consequently without real meaning in our world.”

In our main text that we have been studying, “The Fiftieth Gate”, the relationship between history and memory comes through clearly.
“The town hall. The church. Here. Right her, my god. My god, not a thing”.p.45
“See, I remember. We were here. Carla lived here, and so we lived, one, two, three, here.”p.45
These quotes are reflections of Baker’s mother’s memories. Physically being in the place where events have taken place brings memories back for her. She has a flood of memories as she visits her home town. Only things have changed, which means as she compares contrasts, more memories flow.
The quote, “Memory records but also composes history”, gives good contrast betwe...

Posted by: Margaret Rowden

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