Mr. S In 'Two Amazing Tales Of Memory'

“Two amazing tales of memory” kind of explains that having a amazing memory could be very helpful for doing simple things, or a long chain of sequences. But could greatly impact someone's everyday life. You can see this being shown by a man called Mr.S in the passage. It may seem like the most wonderful things to never forget something, but would you like to never forget every single thing? Mr.S’s amazing talent could be a heavy load when it comes to speaking to his mind. According to the passage “Two amazing tales of memory” this was the case. When Mr.S went to go talk, words became pictures in his mind, this became a huge distraction in his head. The words coming out of his mouth had nothing to do with the ongoing conversation. Why was that? Mr.S used technics that acted like tools for the memory, this helped him remember certain things. …show more content…
When he wanted to remember something he just stared along, and could clearly name out the thing associated with the image along the way. This is “the method of loci”. Why could this be important in his life, you may be asking? The thing is that, Mr.S could not control his approach of reality and imagination, making his talking more blurred than before. For example one time Mr.S got in some trouble with the law and went to court. He then imagined the scene of court in his mind but was very surprised when he noticed that what he had pictured was not as it really was. In the passage it states,” This so flustered Mr.S that he could not defend himself and lost his case”. As you can see, Mr.S’s strong memory was great for somethings, but when it comes to