Quotation

The Importance of Memories

Past memories are extremely important to us and without them we would be lost. Lena shows us that past memories are important and precious and that we should try not to forget them. Our memories help us learn from our mistakes so we will not make the same on again and that our past memories develop us into who we are today. The short story Blue against White by Jeannette C. Armstrong shows that we often take our past memories for granted even though they are our most precious asset in our life, resulting in a life where you forget who you truly are.

Past memories are important because they offer guidance for our future decisions. Firstly, without any memories, we would be blind to the future. We connect to our memories in the present to make decisions for the future. We need our memories for survival otherwise history would repeat itself again and again as we make the same mistakes over and over. Furthermore, our past memories are extremely important to us. In the short story Blue against White Lena is having a bad time after living in the city and does not want to go home but she knows that that is her home where she belongs. She remembers the good times she has had in her home and continues on her way. Lastly, Lena would not have even gone home if she could not remember the happiness she experienced there. Without her past memories she would have never remembered the time she spent in her home where she made her memories. She would have turned and left if she could not remember the joy she felt within her home. Overall, with no memories we would be walking blind through our lives with no guidance from the past.

Our memories are extremely important in the sense that we can remember the mistakes we made when we were young and learn from them later in life. Firstly, without our past memories we would be stumbling in the dark tripping over ourselves and making the same mistakes repeatedly. Our memories help us make