The connection between memory and place is that in "The Memory Palace" from Moonwalking with Einstein, anything can be remembered if it is stored properly. If someone can put a list of items in a special spot in their memory, they could remember anything. In "Village 113" from Memory Wall, the village which contained many memories got washed away from a new dam. "Every memory everyone has ever had will eventually be underwater" (Doerr 151). Memories might be washed away but they will always still be there.
The connection between memory and place impacts the rhetorical effectiveness of my chosen memorial by seeing what can make a memory. A "So What" for my essay could be that; the war might not be well known to everyone, but The Korean War will never be forgotten. The Korean War is known as "The Forgotten War" or "The Unknown War." The statues in the memorial are all dressed to what they would have worn during their time in battle. Also the pictures that are sandblasted onto the wall show the memories of all the lives lost in battle, soldiers and families.
Doerr, Anthony. Memory Wall: Stories. New York: Scribner, 2012.
Kindle e-book.
Foer, Joshua. Moonwalking With Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything. New York: The Penguin Press, 2011.
Kindle e-book.
The connection between memory and place impacts the rhetorical effectiveness of my chosen memorial by seeing what can make a memory. A "So What" for my essay could be that; the war might not be well known to everyone, but The Korean War will never be forgotten. The Korean War is known as "The Forgotten War" or "The Unknown War." The statues in the memorial are all dressed to what they would have worn during their time in battle. Also the pictures that are sandblasted onto the wall show the memories of all the lives lost in battle, soldiers and families.
Doerr, Anthony. Memory Wall: Stories. New York: Scribner, 2012.
Kindle e-book.
Foer, Joshua. Moonwalking With Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything. New York: The Penguin Press, 2011.
Kindle e-book.