On October 2006, Japanese-born Akira Haraguchi recited one-hundred thousand digits of pi from memory. Pi equates with the circumference of a circle divided by the diameter of the circle, making a precise, infinite number. Akira achieved this incredible feat by using mnemonic memory techniques, not by photographic memory, which Danny Saunders in Chaim Potok’s book The Chosen, uses. Danny’s photographic memory gives him unmatched recollection of various Jewish literature and outstanding comprehension when in a heated discussion. However, Danny possesses many other qualities and skills.
