Why Do John Locke Create Good Memories

John Locke is a modern philosopher whose theory is that your experiences you have make you the individual you are today. People who have positive experiences in their life become better people. As we create memories in our life it helps shape who we are today. Locke’s philosophy is correct because people who have positive memories tend to be more happy while people who have negative memories tend to be less happier. People who create negative memories will end up being a troublemaker while people who create positive memories will end up being a peacemaker.
“Positive states are an essential aspect of a fulfilled life and have been shown to promote adaptive behavior” (Fredrikson). People who have positive memories are more likely to repeat this pattern of making good memories. Someone who has had a …show more content…
“An intrusive memory was defined as a memory opposite that of the valence that they were instructed to remember” (Grim, Kolts, Watkins). People who have awful memories are more likely to not be able to control their emotions and remember bad events from their past. The creature in “Frankenstein” had multiple appalling experiences while wandering throughout different villages; which cause terrible memories for the creature. The creature Frankenstein had built was a nice monster who was confused and did not know how to communicate with people. “ One of the best of these I entered, but I hardly placed my foot within the door, before the children shrieked, and one of the women fainted. The whole village was roused; some fled, some attacked me, until, grievously bruised by stones and many other kinds of missile weapons, I escaped to the open country” (Mary Shelley, 90). The creature was a good person until terrifying memories made him a destroyer and murder. Horrible experiences create terrifying memories which makes a person become a