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Submitted by Francis87 on March 5, 2008
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Memory is one of God's greatest gifts. The ability to recall a warm summers day or to think back to your first time seeing the ocean is an ability we take for granite. For some, being able to recall childhood events is simple and pleasurable, but for others it can be painful and cloudy. Memory can alter who you are as a person, and cause you to do things you normally wouldn't do. The altercation of memory, trying to forget, or losing your memory can lead to your destruction. However, with a sound mind, recalling your past, and embracing your memories can lead to your deliverance.
"In the Lake of the Woods", is a story of a wife and husband whose pasts ruin their future. It is an illustration of how memories cannot be forgotten. John Wade is an ambitious politician with a life that looks good on the outside, but is crumbling from within. Throughout his life he experienced traumatic events that contorted him into a different person. John is 15, when his alcoholic father dies. He enlists in the army and serves in the Vietnam War. He marries and forces his wife to abort his child when it interferes with his political career. These events would help to create and cause John to "lose himself behind the mirrors." He would unsuccessfully try to block out these troubling events. He thought of himself as a "sorcerer." " He'd picture his father stumbling down a dark alley, lost, not dead at all." John would not accept the fact that his father that his father was dead, and instead of grieving and moving on, he would forget his father died and just pretend it did not happen. Like John, Christopher Banks in "When We Were Orphans" lost his parents. Compared to John, he was better able to cope and accept his father's death. John had a split personality. In Vietnam he was "Sorcerer" performing magical feats for his fellow veterans. When he was home and in front of the public he was John. The trouble started when "Sorcerer" took over. In Vietnam John killed...
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