Story Telling, Memory Flashcards
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Story Telling, Memory- A Handmaid’s Tale
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“I sit in the chair and think about the word chair. It can mean the leader of a meeting. Also a mode of execution. It is the first syllable in charity. The French word for flesh” - Offred
“The night is my time where should I go” - selects from memory bank which story she tells about absent presences (Moira)
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Story Telling, Memory- 1984
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“Everything faded away into a shadow-world in which, even the date of the yr had become uncertain”
“A memory floated into his mind. He saw a candle lit and himself, a boy of 9 or 10 sitting on the floor shaking dice-box, laughing excitedly. His mother was sitting opposite him and also laughing” - after being brainwashed (double think), false memories he never used to doubt
