Memory - Remembering to Forget A look at Toni Morrison's book 'Beloved' and the Memory aspect.

Memory is not as cut and dry as remembering and not remembering. Deep within a person's subconscious are things that may not want to be remembered or cannot be remembered but these memories are still there. The opportunities to find the path to reveal these memories lies deep within they just need to find the right outlet. Life experiences come and go and the mind retains the information from each occurrence but some are more …

…that can be recalled. The memory that is closer to what really happened at that point in a person's life is usually the memory that is disregarded because it is not a truth that a person is capable of dealing with. In the end, it's when we try to "remember to forget" past memories in our lives that more surface, and we wind up realizing-- we never forget, we just simply forget what we remember.