With technical progress and development, modern society is still facing problems and misunderstandings. Probably, there will be such types of questions that will never be solved or answered. It should be pointed out that the issues concerning functioning and improvement of the memory, effects of the childhood experience and background on the personality, and the significance of having the heart not only as a physical organ seem to be one of the most discussed and argued. For centuries philosophers and writers tried to find the sense of living by answering the stated above questions; however, it should be stressed that the answers are reflected in numerous works, namely Joyas Voladoras by Brian Doyle, Our Secrets by Susan Griffin, and The End of Remembering by Joshua Foer.
Modern society is under the threat. Although mankind can be described as highly developed, we still face a lot of issues that affect all the spheres of human activities (Lytras 318). The technical devices ease our life; however, this process can turn out to be uncontrolled and will have severe consequences for the future. Humanity has already entered the century of informational technology and became addicted to it. According to Joshua Foer, people can be lost in iPhones. That is, the strategy of memory improvement deals not only with the memorizing things but, more importantly, remembering life. By stating that “to live a memorable life, you have to be the kind of person who remembers to remember” the author stresses the significance of the understanding that life does not end with the low battery of a mobile phone (Foer 4).
Foer declares that to some level memory has evolved into a less indispensable phenomenon in people’s everyday existence. In the contemporary domain that is endemic with technological developments, life has been made tranquil in a lot of methods. The author advances his idea of the procedure of reading and remembering with the help of particular philosophers from before the present epoch. Foer defines plenty of approaches that help to advance memory, which according to the writer, have been effective in supporting him and others to recollect high amounts of material in the memory.
Foer implies that exploiting the memory methods he defined in his work had a constructive influence on his life. In general, he was able to succeed in a mental athletics championship game as well as surpasses in his GCSE evaluations. The provided approach of memory improvement deals with the memorizing topics rather than a text word for word. The method is centered on associations and making connections within the given topic.
He also infatuated an extraordinary capability to learn French and German. The points of view by Joshua Foer appear to be factual signs that the world is developing to the end of remembering. “Today; when we live amid a deluge of printed words – would you believe that ten billion volumes were printed last year?” (Foer 164). Joshua Foer highlights the idea of remembering details about one’s lives, those of others around them and the environment as a fragment of living a rewarding life.
He declares that remembering information makes a person more independent from the devices and notebooks that are already freely available. The author implies that the method of person action object system includes programming a person, the activities they execute and particular objects by the means of the numbers that are later deposited in the memory palace. Figures with two digits encrypt reminiscence for an individual, act, and object in that directive. The material will be focused on a method of imageries and regained when wanted.
Susan Griffin is concerned with a private aspect, secrets, of persons and the state and how these secrets influence the society, “I was born in 1943, amid this war. And I sense now that my life is still bound up with the lives of those who lived and died at this time. Even with Heinrich Himmler” (Griffin 39). In the work, the author tries to define the primary concentration of the essay, strategy of data collection, writing method, rhetorical strategy, and connections convoluted that the author presents. The reader may select to approve or be injurious to her judgment, but that does not stop her from telling her point of view. Despite these reimbursements, such writing approaches may have thoughtful undesirable influences on the perception of the reader.
In every part of an investigation, it is very precarious to establish the legitimacy and dependability of the discoveries. It should be highlighted that one way of doing this is to notify the readers that the author eradicated all practices of prejudices. They should be conversant that personal thoughts and moods did not affect the discoveries. However, Griffin does nothing to improve the legitimacy of her research. She presents her individual views and reports the outcomes in a style communal for writing a fiction story. In this example, the paper needs a stronger articulation of focus to help the readers, as the writer uses personal opinions to express the topic. Moreover, the author implements the technique of rhetorical strategies to guarantee that her readers continue to be attentive while going through her research.
Griffin’s associates in her research are decoratively exemplified not only in her evidence but also in straight declarations that she presents. She mentions that the present and the past are entangled. The more a person stares into the upcoming, the more he will discover the earlier experience in that future. According to the author, the previous experience will always remain a consecration or an obscenity to a person, and no one can escape from this fact. She states the relations between the state’s mysteries and enigmas detained by persons as well (Barthlomae, Petrosky, and Waite 41). The idea that childhood and the background have a significant influence on the future life of a person is not new; however, it should be stressed that Griffin uses relevant explanations and draws appropriate conclusions that provide a better understanding of the discussed topic.
Brian Doyle’s short essay, Joyas Valadoras, emphases on the numerous features of the heart in both animals and humans. In his research, Doyle focuses on exemplifying the implication of the role of the heart in living creatures, “So much held in a heart in a lifetime. So much held in a heart in a day, an hour, a moment” (Doyle para. 12). He proposes vibrant illustrations by the means of allegories and flowing from the corporeal aspect of the heart to its profound psychological importance. The author delivers numerous characteristic attitudes when carrying out the impression of the heart stretching from a sincere tone to a more regular one.
The author provides metaphors ingeniously to decipher detailed particulars that escalate the credibility of his work. This reliability ranges throughout the entire work as the commonly known facts support every postulation. As for the stylistic and writing techniques that are implemented by the author in the research, he creates a broad usage of connectives. In detail, he guides his thoughtfulness to the practice of transformational or indistinguishable recurrences. The author adds the metaphor of the hummingbird in his work to present the meaning that a person might consider being at the top of a state of affairs, but any time they can experience a collapse the same way as a hummingbird.
The method adds some aesthetic understanding to the narration and emphasizes that hummingbird fits into the group of the hindmost and magnificent birds that are susceptible to numerous intimidations. The usage of simple vocabulary and commonly acceptable details retain the reader enthusiastic to read further from end to end of the narration. The author makes an accent that the heart holds a lot of secrets and stories; Doyle supports his idea by stating that “we are utterly open with no one, in the end–not mother and father, not wife or husband, not lover, not child, not a friend. We open windows to each but we live alone in the house of the heart” (Doyle para. 5).
In conclusion, it should be pointed out that with the development of the information technologies people should not forget that life goes on. As many individuals become addicted to the Internet and modern devices, one should try to improve memory and live a remembered life. The background one has and the secrets that the person holds in the heart influence every activity and every decision. It should be highlighted that nowadays, it is significantly important to read the works that aim to get the reader involved in a deeper understanding of the issue.
Works Cited
Barthlomae, David, Anthony Petrosky, and Stacey Waite. Ways of Reading: An Anthology for Writers. New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2014. Print.
Foer, Joshua. The End of Remembering. London: Penguin Books, 2012. Print.
Griffin, Susan. A Chorus of Stones: The Private Life of War. New York: Open Road Media, 2015. Print.
Doyle, Brian. “Joyas Volardores.” The American Scholar. 2012. Web.
Lytras, Miltiadis D. Trends and Effects of Technology Advancement in the Knowledge Society. Hershey: Information Science Reference, 2012. Print.