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Nolan’s Memento is the story of Leonard, a man who is struggling to track down his wife’s killer because he suffers from a rare case of memory loss called anterograde amnesia, which was caused by a blow to the side of the head by the people who murdered his wife. You can image would make it rather hard for this protagonist to play detective. Leonard attempts to resolve this handicap by keeping a file, map, Polaroid photos with specific notes on them, and he even goes as far as to tattoo facts that might lead up to his wife’s killer on his body. Midway into the movie Leonard is on the phone explaining to the person on the other what living feels like, “I don't even know how long she's been gone… but I don't want to wake up in the morning, thinking she's still here. I lie here not knowing … how long I've been alone. So how … how can I heal? How am I supposed to heal if I can't … feel time?” (Memento)This point in the movie is very insightful when trying to understand the severity of his condition. Although, Nolan delivers the story in a very unique way, in the perceptive of Leonard, telling it in a reverse narrative leaves the audience as confused to what the clues he sees actually mean. Is Nolan still stereotyping (like the rest of Hollywood) only one part of this condition? And what is this condition actually caused by?

My NEW sources

BOOK

FOREVER Today: A Memoir of Love & Amnesia (Book)

By Deborah Wearing

This book is about Deborah's husband Clive Wearing who suffers from the rare brain inflection anterograde amnesia .His case is savor in which the inflection has left him only able generate a few seconds worth of memory before it fades. He has no short term memory. How every minute is a new moment for Clive, he is incapable of remembering his past. The only thing is was able to retain was his musical skills and love for his wife.

“Anterograde Amnesia.” The Sage Glossary of the Social and Behavioral.  Sciences. Ed. Larry

E. Sullivan. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Reference, 2009. 23. Gale Virtual Reference

Library. Web. 13 May 2015.

Miller, Jonathan . "Equinox: Prisoner of Consciousness." YouTube n.d.: n.pag. Web. 14 May

2015. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipD_G7U2FcM>.
“Amnesia.” The Crystal Reference Encyclopedia. West Chiltington: Crystal Semantics,2005.

Credo Reference. Web 13 May 2015

ENGLISH ASSIGNMENT 

Hey Folks,

I have been trying to keep up. Please, don't hate me.

I am not sure if this is exactly a source by it will definitely make this paper more interesting.

I did a (text) Survey: 20 people (10 males /10 females)

Question: 

-What you know about anterograde amnesia or any amnesia?

-How do you get it?

-How can you treat it?


results coming soon.


Feel to comment: Answer these questions, help a brother out.

Movies to watch

Romantic 

Amélie (2001)

Before Sunrise (1995)

Not so romantic

Se7en (1995)

Oldboy (2003) Korean

                                          

                                           Thank me later

English Assignment

Disclaimer: I am still working on it...

Memento  is a story that focuses on Leonard, a man who struggling to track down his wife’s killer because he suffers from a rare case of memory loss, which makes it hard for him to play detective.  Anterograde Amnesia is caused by trauma to the brain resulting in memory loss (Anterograde Amnesia). Some of the difficulties a person with severe anterograde amnesia has to deal with are capture more honestly in this Nolan film then in most, but still lacks in full scope of the disease. After watching this film, I wondered how accurate is Hollywood’s portrayal of amnesia verses actual amnesia? And how much is your identity affected by it? An article from the British Medical Journal states, “In the real world, most profound amnesic synonyms have a clear neurological or psychiatric basis. True dissociative amnesia or fugue states are rare, but people with such conditions are able to learn new information and perform every day.” (Amnesic synonyms) Does Nolan’s movie break the Hollywood stereotype of this condition, or are there hints of it throughout this movie? This essay will debunk all the Hollywood misconception of what is viewed as amnesia, answer; what is anterograde amnesia? What are its symptoms? Whom does it affect? I think Memento could be considered an actuate glimpse into the world of a condition. Although, all the symptoms of this disease are not tackles in this film, the ones that are portrayed truthfully. Based on several popular and scholarly sources, I will argue that Christopher Nolan’s doesn't accurately depicts the symptoms of Anterograde Amnesia in his film.

I'll give it another crack by this week, so say tuned. Same bat channel.

English Assignment:

This post is for anyone in my English class and anyone interested in 

The Depiction of Amnesia in the Movie Momento. And if the second one applies to you...

We probably wouldn't get along in person. 

Works Citied

Baxendale, Sallie. "Memories Aren't Made Of This: Amnesia At The Movies." BMJ (Clinical  

            Research Ed.) 329.7480 (2004): 1480-1483. MEDLINE Complete. Web. 12 Apr. 2015.

This was an insightful article which broke down Hollywood’s depiction of this condition.  This article touches upon amnesia in early cinema, the classic effect of cinematic amnesia, such as; Personality change, Doppelgangers, and more. It also talks about Honorable exceptions; movies that have delivered the truth on screen 

Memento. Dir. Christopher Nolan. Perf. Guy Pearce, Carrie-Ann Moss, and Joe  

Pantoliano.[2000.] Sony Pictures, 2001. DVD.

Memento is a story that focuses on Leonard, a man who struggling to track down his wife’s killer because he suffers from a rare case of memory loss, which makes it hard for him to play detective. Directed and Written by Christopher Nolan.

Gorman, James. "Only in the Movies: Living a Life Unencumbered by Memory." New York

  Times (1923-Current file): 1. Apr 20 2004. ProQuest. Web. 12 Apr. 2015 .

This article is interesting because it incorporates technology into the mix. The question of how lost can we be in the digital age? James calls into question Amnesia in films, and how inaccurate they really are.  Gorman also gives a mini-review of Memento. Would we really be using Newspapers and polaroid’s to save data? 

THIS WEEK'S GOAL

To post at least twice, yeah, i said it... TWICE a day.

Now, that I have this little blog up and running I have to play catch up with the rest of the class.

I'll be posting my assignment progress and whatever makes my cookie bake. 

Like This:

                                                                  THE BREAK

Why must they fade

Beneath the distance of each other’s watch?

Towers breached by persistent tides

Crashing, slowly dissolving and washing away

Massive rocks that top

Glorious views that pop

Until what was once archipelago,

On all ends,

Is shore, no more.

Drowned by its own uncertainty.

Why not take that as my definitive response?

What do you want?

“I’m not shore”.

Wants and needs begin to float on shallow surfaces,

Bright grand drapes disguise the unexposed,

Disguise the show

The skies the limit

And the space between us is just unfinished,

By a universe yet to understand itself

From a galaxy’s prediction 

Made long before

when time only meant exploration

Why must they fade?

Beneath the distance of each other’s watch?

Where relationship plus time                                                        

Solicits silence

As a compromise…

listen

As one says

‘When did strangers ever borrow eyes?’

The other replies

‘Ever since my skin told me why’

And with whom

Feel the distance

Fill the room                                                                                                                                                                                     Painting by Marisol Demonte

                         Poem by: Anonymous-

You got to be really heartbroken to forget to 

leave your name

                                                                        Til next time...

English Assignment

So, I have to submit a 1500 word paper by the end of the semester with at least 9 sources

I must cite from. No problem, right?

My research Topic

The class was given a list to choose from.  I choose:

The Depiction of Amnesia in the Movie Momento. Boom! Got my title already

I really enjoyed this Christopher Nolan movie first time around.

This may sound stupid, but I hope viewing this film again with new lenses doesn't reveal shitty things I don’t like, because that information would be really hard to undo. And enjoying the film again would be impossible. The sacrifices I make folks. 

Sources coming to soon...

HOW DO I BEGIN THIS THING?

Inhabitants of the earth: My name is Julio Trinidad. You can call me Julio, or Trinidad if you’d like, just don’t call me “Puerto Rico” because that would be racist… and they are filthy people, that’s a fact. (No, no, no… That’s not right; I should let the reader get a feel for me first before hurling shitty jokes at their faces.  You’re coming-on way too strong Trinidad.) Let me try this again.

Hello everyone, and by everyone I mean the 13 people taking this class. (Nope…try again)

Ciao (no.)

你好 (stop it. Just be yourself you idiot. Your boring old self)…

                                                                                                        Okay, okay.

Hi.

My name is Julio Trinidad, and thank you for joining me in this blog. I am a Theater major, who enjoys the artistic things in life, whatever that means. I love films, Stand-up comedy, and acting, and other things to but mainly those three.

This blog will consist and focus on:

-Work assignments

-Entertaining you fine folks

-And whatever else I please…because this is my blog and I can do that.

“Whoever said laughter was the best medicine, never tried morphine.”

       -Julio Trinidad-  That’s right, I quoted myself.