In the book, The Face on the Milk Carton, the main character discovers a secret that has been harbored from her for years. The character, Janie Johnson, lead a normal teenage life. She attended her local high school, was in the progress of learning how to drive, and had a good group of friends. But one day while eating lunch, Janie was drinking milk from the cafeteria when she noticed the picture of a little girl on it. The milk carton had an ad for missing children around the area, and Janie recognized the kid. It was her, when she was toddler, in a white polka-dot dress and pigtails. On the Milk carton it stated that Janie was kidnapped at the age of three from a shopping center in New Jersey. After viewing this Janie starts to remember things
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Her memory of her childhood prior to living with the Johnson did not resurface though until she saw the picture of herself on the milk carton. To retrieve these memories, Janie had to access her long term memory by visual encoding the picture of her young self. The dress she wore in the photo was the main component in reclaiming the memories. Janie had encoded the dress to her youth. It also helped that the picture came with a description as to why it was on the milk carton. According to the milk carton, Janie was kidnapped 10 years ago in New Jersey at a shopping center. When Janie looked up more information about the shopping center she started to recall the stores and sounds of the building. The sounds could contribute to acoustic encoding, which is the ability to remember events or things from recalling the sound. What was surprising in the novel though is the fact that her kidnapping did not result in a flashbulb memory. A flashbulb memory is encoded by heighten emotions, Janie must have not felt scared or repressed the memory all together so that she can grow up …show more content…
It was hinted throughout the book that Hannah was delusional. She joined a cult because she met a man who was a part of it and decided to marry him. She was only a teenager when she made this decision though, she also felt depressed in her home. Hannah did not believe that her parents loved her, therefore she would constantly sneak out of the house. Lastly, it was mentioned that Hannah would lie all the time. It was almost like an impulse; her personality. I would say that the main reason the Johnsons’ believed Hannah when she brought Janie was due to heighten emotion. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson had not seen their daughter in four years, so to have her finally show up at their doorstep with the intention to stay they were ecstatic. They did everything they could to please their daughter, and they loved Janie. Janie was a free spirted child who was energetic and happy. This was something that was lacking in the Johnsons’ home until now. That’s what happened in the novel The Face on the Milk Carton. Janie went through a series of emotions and trials that caused her to rely on her memory and assumption. She went through multiple stages of defense mechanism, and got to analysis a bit of the person who took her from her true family. This novel is the first in its series; it is hinted that Janie is now going to reconnect with her real parents, the Springs, and go through another progress of emotional turmoil and growth. That is
Her memory of her childhood prior to living with the Johnson did not resurface though until she saw the picture of herself on the milk carton. To retrieve these memories, Janie had to access her long term memory by visual encoding the picture of her young self. The dress she wore in the photo was the main component in reclaiming the memories. Janie had encoded the dress to her youth. It also helped that the picture came with a description as to why it was on the milk carton. According to the milk carton, Janie was kidnapped 10 years ago in New Jersey at a shopping center. When Janie looked up more information about the shopping center she started to recall the stores and sounds of the building. The sounds could contribute to acoustic encoding, which is the ability to remember events or things from recalling the sound. What was surprising in the novel though is the fact that her kidnapping did not result in a flashbulb memory. A flashbulb memory is encoded by heighten emotions, Janie must have not felt scared or repressed the memory all together so that she can grow up …show more content…
It was hinted throughout the book that Hannah was delusional. She joined a cult because she met a man who was a part of it and decided to marry him. She was only a teenager when she made this decision though, she also felt depressed in her home. Hannah did not believe that her parents loved her, therefore she would constantly sneak out of the house. Lastly, it was mentioned that Hannah would lie all the time. It was almost like an impulse; her personality. I would say that the main reason the Johnsons’ believed Hannah when she brought Janie was due to heighten emotion. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson had not seen their daughter in four years, so to have her finally show up at their doorstep with the intention to stay they were ecstatic. They did everything they could to please their daughter, and they loved Janie. Janie was a free spirted child who was energetic and happy. This was something that was lacking in the Johnsons’ home until now. That’s what happened in the novel The Face on the Milk Carton. Janie went through a series of emotions and trials that caused her to rely on her memory and assumption. She went through multiple stages of defense mechanism, and got to analysis a bit of the person who took her from her true family. This novel is the first in its series; it is hinted that Janie is now going to reconnect with her real parents, the Springs, and go through another progress of emotional turmoil and growth. That is