Life Memorable Objects

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Ahmed Amer Composition with Lab ENGL-108-66072 “Life Memorable Objects” He said “It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory,” (F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes- BrainyQuote). I do believe that when we control past, we control future. The author of “A mother's secret,” Werner Gundersheimer was looking for the missing memories of his family history. Because he is a professional historian, he realized that if we don’t have history, we don’t have present, and future. Gundersheimer’s mother gave him family album, and it was valuable gift, but it flooded his mind with memories that related to album pictures. Gundersheimer’s mother put all the memories of her son’s life from infancy through high school and, she mentioned brief memories about her life and her parents. Gundersheimer was looking for the missing memories from the family album, and he was wondering why those memories missed. After reading the secret power of things we hold dear, by Sherry Turkle, Plastic by Anwar F. Accawi and A mother's secret by Werner Gundersheimer, I have found that they stated the objects are part of our identities and we should restore the missing memories and keep them safe from being lost again. Also, I have found that Gundersheimer and Turkle have many of similarities. Turkle used objects to restore the missing memories about her father. Gundersheimer used family album object to find information about the unknown faces in the album and the missing memories and history of his Grandparents. When Gundersheimer looked at each photograph in the album, his brain started recalling those memories and events. So he remembered his mother’s parents and the letter that his mother wrote. Gundersheimer was missing part of his history, especially about Grandparents. He was wondering

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