i was so excited when i finally got a copy of the notebook. i loved the movie and i loved the book as well. however now that i think about it her memory loss was very odd. thinking back to the movie she could really remember anything. sometimes it was short term memory and sometimes it was long term. if i had to choose which one was really focused i guess i would say short term but then again its long term. she knows who she is, and some of the nurses and staff around her yet after a few seconds of coming back she forgets all over again.
if you say long term memory then yes but then how come she keeps forgetting once she is reminded?
so lets look deeper. is it episodic memory that she is having problems with? well she cant seem to recall past memories about herself like how she met her future husband, her grandchildren or her children for that matter. she doesnt know that nurses specifically, but she recognizes what they are and what they are hear for. so after looking deeper on that level she would be experiencing long term,episodic memory loss.
lets keep in mind thou that it is a movie. you have to make things bigger then life in order to keep the audiences attention. we as audience members allow the truth the be stretched in order to get a bigger effect in a movie.
think about the end of the movie, she reads to her and she comes back, if she hadnt alot of upset audience members. if she had come back and then remembered forever it still takes away the magic. the hope that one day it might stick. its a beautiful movie and wonderful read. i love it, but in terms of memory loss and psychology its not 100% accurate. but what is really?
