ENCW 202 Spring 2022
Posted in Memory on Feb 28th, 2022
The Memory Police has a seemingly simple enough plot – a woman watches parts of her world disappear thanks to the mysterious Memory Police. She tries to hold on, but then as more things disappear, it becomes harder. One day she begins to disappear, and she does. But The Memory Police holds a special place […]
Posted in Memory, Writing about Writing on Feb 17th, 2022
For this class we have been asked to read two novels. The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa is the first of the two. This novel tells the tale of an island that is affected by objects that disappear. Not only do objects disappear, so too do the memories and feelings that are associated with them. The narrator is […]
Posted in Disappearance, Dystopia, Memory on Feb 14th, 2022
Dystopians novels truly can be one of the most interesting forms of literature, and oddly enough, I find it slightly satisfying when its ending isn’t a “We won and defeated the bad guy” type of happy ending. But it doesn’t necessarily mean it has to be a complete downer ending. The Memory Police, while […]
Posted in Disappearance, Memory on Feb 14th, 2022
Going into this novel, I expected a political dystopia similar to that of George Orwell’s 1984. Despite sharing the theme of a surveillance state, however, the two stories have very little in common. Unlike 1984, The Memory Police, while undoubtedly being a tale about the pitfalls of totalitarianism, focused much more on the individual, existential […]