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The Sense of an Ending

Thinking Activity : 1) How do you understand memory and history with reference to your reading of this novel. Memory It's a book about history and how we recall events.” Robin Leggett. “The memory becomes a thing of shreds and patches. It is a bit like the black box airplanes carry to record what happens in a crash. If nothing goes wrong, the tape erases itself. Therefore, if you do crash, it is obvious why you did; if you do not, and then the log of your journey is much less clear.” Similarly Tony peep out in his past. When his own construction of memory break through just one letter, preserved by Veronica. Therefore, it is true that Tony records what happens in past but not as it happens but as he saw. Hence, his narrative may rises questions about character and their life. What is really happened ? Perhaps, “yes” – this is exactly What happened.  but the way it(event) is remembered, memorized and historised  is questionable. How accurate are our memories of ...