Psychogenic Amnesia In The Bourne Identity

Within the film, The Bourne Identity the protagonist, Jason Bourne, is stricken with a severe case of psychogenic amnesia. Jason Bourne was found unconscious floating on the ocean with multiple bullet wounds, blows to the head, and a number of physical lesions to the body. The obvious lack of oxygen to his brain, possible aspects of drowning, and the numerous wounds to the head suggest that these were all factors that contributed to his acquisition of psychogenic amnesia. As mentioned before amnesia patients often suffer physiological trauma and as a result the amnesia becomes apparent. However, in this case Bourne was portrayed as not knowing who he was, where he was from, where he was found, and what he did for a living. His entire autobiographical