I didn’t learn to swim in the old Worland Community Pool, but I have plenty of memories from that building. Yes, I am just writing on the example that you gave in class, but to be honest, the old pool was the first thing that came to mind when you assigned the writing topic last week. Going back to the essay, I’d like to make a bold statement. I will always have more fond memories of the old pool than of the new one. It may be a simple matter of the difference in total memories from each of the pools. I have swum for over five years in the old Worland Community Pool. I have, however, in the new Worland Aquatic Center, only swum one year. This may have an effect on the way I remember each of the pools, but I believe that the old pool will always be associated with more fond memories than the new one. It must seem weird to some people who don’t know me very well, or those who have never swum in the old pool the way my friends and I did. I will miss the sketchy structure, the huge diving tank, the slippery floors, and the laid back nature of the old pool.
First of all, the structure of the building itself is something amazing. After more than thirty years of heavy use, weathering, and corrosion, it is a wonder that the dome stood for so long. The wooden support beams were so rotten that I remember bonking my head on one next to the stands upstairs, and putting a good sized dent in the wood. I could pull chunks of rust from the bolts and brackets holding the beams together. It was quite the thought that thousands of pounds of wood and iron were propped very precariously, very high above my head, and had been that way for years. It probably seems strange that this is something that I will miss about the old pool, but I...
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... I doubt that I’ll ever find a place so full of opportunities to have fun, or perhaps, to ged injured. I know that some of the things that my friends and I did in the old pool are just plain stupid, and that we are lucky to have gotten away from that pool with only a few battle scars. The scars will always be reminders of the great fun we had there. It’s sad to see that pool go, but who knows whether or not there would have been some sort of terrible accident had my friends and I kept screwing around in it. I’m just thankful that I have experienced that pool to its full potential, and am alive to tell the tale. The old pool will truly be missed, but perhaps it’s for the best that it now lays in shambles, and will soon be forgotten by those who have not been lucky enough to experience that rotten, old, smelly, sketchy, dangerous, glorious pool the way I have.
...ay, it will truly be missed. In a year most kids will walk by asking their parents “what was their mommy/daddy?” will only cause confusion to the community. That empty space was something big, something that can never be replaced today. If I were that kids parent my exact words would be “That was a pool that created unique individuals, it was a place where you know your child could be trusted to learn great technique and survival needs. This is not like the pool we have today, in fact, this pool is what created my very own unique personality. Our Warrior Dome was the greatest pool in the City of Worland. This was where records were set and broken; this was a place where they sent some very special kids to continue their swimming and diving career to the next level. It is a great and charitable moment in my life and something that will never be forgotten in my eyes.”
Memories of the past hold a high level of importance in shaping who we are as people. Whether it be the memories of your first time trying to swim or learning how to read, certain memories stick with us for life. The poem “The Heroes You Had as a Girl", by Bronwen Wallace, has the speaker recalling a fond memory that presents itself again later in life when a significant figure from her youth reappears. The short story “Snow", by Ann Beattie, features the writer reminiscing upon a specific memory of a winter with her past lover, despite her memory being different from her lovers. These texts both contribute to the idea that an individual's memories are significant in shaping one’s perspective because memories serve as a way to reflect on the
...now where I will be 5 years from now and would I remember this class or not. I think these thing stay with you for life, when you read something and you know it has happened to someone it becomes part of that history. Now when I will talk about the Holocaust and year 1943, I Know I must include the Lesbian relationship that was up in the air in Berlin at the time period. That how I remember history. That’s how I will connect these love stories to the Holocaust. When faced with my friends my knowledge of the topic of the Holocaust is more than just facts it’s these love stories that were there in that time.
Through this short story we are taken through one of Vic Lang’s memories narrated by his wife struggling to figure out why a memory of Strawberry Alison is effecting their marriage and why she won’t give up on their relationship. Winton’s perspective of the theme memory is that even as you get older your past will follow you good, bad or ugly, you can’t always forget. E.g. “He didn’t just rattle these memories off.” (page 55) and ( I always assumed Vic’s infatuation with Strawberry Alison was all in the past, a mortifying memory.” (page 57). Memories are relevant to today’s society because it is our past, things or previous events that have happened to you in which we remembered them as good, bad, sad, angry etc. memories that you can’t forget. Winton has communicated this to his audience by sharing with us how a memory from your past if it is good or bad can still have an effect on you even as you get older. From the description of Vic’s memory being the major theme is that it just goes to show that that your past can haunt or follow you but it’s spur choice whether you chose to let it affect you in the
In reading Carolyn Kay Steedman's Landscape for a Good Woman, two themes took center stage: Memories and Motherhood. As the book unfolds Steedman repeatedly points out that childhood memories are used by individuals for various purposes; rather than objective recollections dominated by facts, she proposes that they are more subjective in nature, likely to alter with time or as circumstances dictate.
White, is experiencing a mental breakdown. He consistently confuses his own memories with the present time. It is almost as if he believes that nothing has changed since the last time he came to the lake. Change is a significant factor in the essay, but generally on time and maturing because change means a difference between the now and then. However in my perspective, things do not have to change to show progression. The best things in life that I have come in contact with are things that are familiar to me. Relationships that are with people that I love who I have not seen in a while are great because when we meet again to socialize, it is as if nothing has changed and we are back to being as close as ever. I love relaxing with my friends one last time before we have to go back to college because we get to catch up and get to know each other even more as we
...mendation. ‘It's about time,’ Fine said. ‘If you destroy the landmark, you should be punished for it" (Dardick and Mendel). Many historic features were obliterated during the renovation. Only the exterior walls and a small seating portion at the south end of the field are historic remainders. Many new and modern extensions were added to the field.
One of the most defining features of both the Pantheon and Jesse Hall is the larges domes that sit atop their structures. When the Pantheon was created, there was no dome ever created to the scale or size of the one that tops the building to this day. The dome itself sits on a drum like structure that supports the structure. The top is not completely curved like many other domes today. A stepped dome is used near the bottom and begins to curve more towards the top where the oculus sits. This oculus allows any sort of element into the building including sunlight, rain, and snow. The Pantheon, being a space of religious worship when originally created used the dome for many different purposes. In Understanding Architecture, extra contributor David Wat...
As I have been reading memoirs about memory for this class, each essay made me recall or even examine my past memory closely. However, the more minutely I tried to recall what happened in the past, the more confused I got because I could not see the clear image and believe I get lost in my own memory, which I thought, I have preserved perfectly in my brain. The loss of the details in each memory has made me a little bit sentimental, feeling like losing something important in my life. But, upon reading those essays, I came to realize that remembering correct the past is not as important as growing up within memory. However, the feelings that were acquired from the past experience tend to linger distinctly. The essay that is related to my experience
When we asked the question of how we remember, forget, and learn has been the topic of lots of discussions. Examining how importantly the successes and fails of our memory skills affect our lives, this interest seems exceedingly justified. We count on our memories for lots of what we do like whenever we do identifying, appreciating, and responding right according to the objects and persons we interact in our environment and to the actions in which we take part in writing, speaking, reading, or else communicating in thinking, reasoning, and problem solving, and also to recall the past about our experiences. That is our memory, which holds, and allows us to use, the knowledge we have get about ourselves and the life and that catches the ways in which we have configured to the world so as to better cope with it. There is so much we de...
The two essays I have chosen to compare are Peter Jon Lindberg’s “Summerland”, and John Jeremiah Sullivan’s “A Prison, a Paradise”. These two essays are very different in terms of explaining specific memories and their meanings. Also they are similar because each essay focuses on their self discovery they experience on their trip or vacation.
Most people are very convinced that they have memories of past experiences because of the event itself or the bigger picture of the experience. According to Ulric Neisser, memories focus on the fact that the events outlined at one level of analysis may be components of other, larger events (Rubin 1). For instance, one will only remember receiving the letter of admission as their memory of being accepted into the University of Virginia. However, people do not realize that it is actually the small details that make up their memories. What make up the memory of being accepted into the University of Virginia are the hours spent on writing essays, the anxiety faced due to fear of not making into the university and the happiness upon hearing your admission into the school; these small details are very important in creating memories of this experience. If people’s minds are preset on merely thinking that memories are the general idea of their experiences, memories become very superficial and people will miss out on what matters most in life. Therefore, in “The Amityville Horror”, Jay Anson deliberately includes small details that are unnecessary in the story to prove that only memory can give meaning to life.
The story of my history as a writer is a very long one. My writing has come full circle. I have changed very much throughout the years, both as I grew older and as I discovered more aspects of my own personality. The growth that I see when I look back is incredible, and it all seems to revolve around my emotions. I have always been a very emotional girl who feels things keenly. All of my truly memorable writing, looking back, has come from experiences that struck a chord with my developing self. This assignment has opened my eyes, despite my initial difficulty in writing it. When I was asked to write down my earliest memory of writing, at first I drew a blank. All of a sudden, it became very clear to me, probably because it had some childhood trauma associated with it.
According to Sternberg (1999), memory is the extraction of past experiences for information to be used in the present. The retrieval of memory is essential in every aspect of daily life, whether it is for academics, work or social purposes. However, many often take memory for granted and assume that it can be relied on because of how realistic it appears in the mind. This form of memory is also known as flashbulb memory. (Brown and Kulik, 1977). The question of whether our memory is reliably accurate has been shown to have implications in providing precise details of past events. (The British Psychological Association, 2011). In this essay, I would put forth arguments that human memory, in fact, is not completely reliable in providing accurate depictions of our past experiences. Evidence can be seen in the following two studies that support these arguments by examining episodic memory in humans. The first study is by Loftus and Pickrell (1995) who found that memory can be modified by suggestions. The second study is by Naveh-Benjamin and Craik (1995) who found that there is a predisposition for memory to decline with increasing age.
How can you be satisfied without remembering the significant memories in life? Memory is the way we function through our day-to-day lives. Without memory we wouldn’t be here today, it is something that you develop to learn overtime. Memory is fascinating and can function and improve in many ways. It is astonishing how we can remember a certain taste, smell, sounds, and objects over a long and short period of time. The memory is very complex and consists of many components. In this essay I will be informing you on how the human memory is critical in our everyday lives.