Do memories hinder or help people in their effort to learn from the past and succeed in the

present? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support
your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or
observations.
1!"# Party controls past events $ controls every source of information, managing and rewriting
the content of all newspapers and histories for its own ends. Protagonist %inston Smith works
for &ecords Department to 'rectify( past newspaper clippings or similar evidence of past events.
)he Party does not allow individuals to keep records of their past, such as photographs or
documents. *s a result, memories become fu++y and unreliable, and citi+ens become perfectly
willing to believe whatever the Party tells them. ,y controlling the present, the Party is able to
manipulate the past. *nd in controlling the past, the Party can -ustify all of its actions in the
present. In this fashion, the Party prevents people from taking control. The lesser proletarians
could use past events beneficially, not only learning from them but using them against the
Party. Indeed, memories can help people succeed
Night:
)his horrifying account of %iesel surviving the .olocaust shows some memories that not only
stick in %iesel/s minds, but in readers/ minds as well. ,y educating the public, he has attempted
to ensure that violations of human rights don/t happen again. ,estseller status0success