Basic line of argument for Module C
The representation of a particular event, personality or situation has the potential to be shaped by a myriad of depictions. Deliberate selection of the medium of representation
coupled with emphasis on specific form and structure enables the composer to
convey a meaning or interpretation through their particular representation. Mark
Baker’s attempt to unveil the mystery of his parent’s survival during the
Holocaust by unlocking their personal memories coupled with the raw emotions
associated when recollecting a traumatic historical event negate the possibility
of an objective representation of the past. Thus memory, although fragmented and
subjective, may provide a deeper appreciation of a past historical event. Yet
due to the unreliable nature of both history and memory absolute truth can never
be fully ascertained.
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Page 197 – “For every alternative, there is an alternative; every shadow casts its darkness on someone else’s light”
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Page 124 – “It gnawed at me, the feeling that my father’s narrative had surrendered to forgetfulness”
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Page 211- “no, not a search an obsession , a raid on my mother’s memory, a son’s theft of her
past”
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Page 154- “You read, you read. Books, books, everywhere. But do you know how it feels?”
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Page 242- “’It’s my story,’ my mother says. ‘He finds the daughter and brings her home’”
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Page 156-"I could not answer her. The final moments can never be retrieved by history."
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Page 316 -“...it always begins in blackness, until the first light illuminates a hidden fragment of memory...”
The representation of a particular event, personality or situation has the potential to be shaped by a myriad of depictions. Deliberate selection of the medium of representation
coupled with emphasis on specific form and structure enables the composer to
convey a meaning or interpretation through their particular representation. Mark
Baker’s attempt to unveil the mystery of his parent’s survival during the
Holocaust by unlocking their personal memories coupled with the raw emotions
associated when recollecting a traumatic historical event negate the possibility
of an objective representation of the past. Thus memory, although fragmented and
subjective, may provide a deeper appreciation of a past historical event. Yet
due to the unreliable nature of both history and memory absolute truth can never
be fully ascertained.
·
Page 197 – “For every alternative, there is an alternative; every shadow casts its darkness on someone else’s light”
·
Page 124 – “It gnawed at me, the feeling that my father’s narrative had surrendered to forgetfulness”
·
Page 211- “no, not a search an obsession , a raid on my mother’s memory, a son’s theft of her
past”
·
Page 154- “You read, you read. Books, books, everywhere. But do you know how it feels?”
·
Page 242- “’It’s my story,’ my mother says. ‘He finds the daughter and brings her home’”
·
Page 156-"I could not answer her. The final moments can never be retrieved by history."
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Page 316 -“...it always begins in blackness, until the first light illuminates a hidden fragment of memory...”
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