General Comments

Most of the answers were very good. Congratulations. Below are a number of issues that were raised by the various markers.

• Please spell the titles of movies and characters (or even the lecturers) correctly. When you mis-spell any of the above it appears that you have spent very little time writing your project, or even thinking about it.

• Focus your project essay on answering the question asked, and that only.

• Take a stand.

• Focus on the films viewed, and mention all of the films viewed.

• You have 500 words, which means that no matter how relevant another film, an historical event, or an instance from your own life might seem, writing about it in the project will take up words that could be better used giving examples from the films viewed.

• This was Project 2 and memory was the key issue not the Project 1 issue of truth.
   

• Many of the essays mentioned that memory is "subjective", then claimed that evidence and "facts" are objective. This assumption, however, does not get to the core issue of the question. One of the main ideas shown in Memento was how facts and evidence are not "objective". Leonard destroyed and manipulated "facts", such as photographs and notes. Such hard evidence is as subjective and manipulated as any memory. For example, Leonard had particular information tattooed on his body which was not necessarily "true".
   

• Many, and probably most, of you made the same general comments, which earned a tick. Tick plus and double tick grades indicate a higher quality of writing. That is you can marshal your evidence and make a case in a more convincing fashion, and the writing is clear and concise, yet makes a pungent argument.

Double Tick - Grade 85%

Some concepts raised:

Third party narratives (woodcutter, Sharon Holmes and Teddy) like historians, appear the most credible, but are often as subjective and manipulated as any other "witness".

Because of Leonard's "condition", he forms a new truth every time he learns something - this supports the idea that there's continuity in history because without that continuity everything new would seem potentially true. The past is not isolated and affects the present. AND Vice-versa, our memories of the past are dictated by the present.

What historians / society (today) choose to remember of the past is reflective of the historian's motivation and societal conditions today.

Was very well written and convincing in its argument.

Tick Plus - Grade 75%

Incorporated the relevance of memories to the study of History. That memories, although faulty, are still essential for our understanding of the past.

Tick - Grade 65%

Narrowly, focusing on the complexity of understanding  "historical truth" - Yes, we know there's no absolute truth, Let's get on to the role of memories. You may have mentioned the importance of memory in all the films but you did not develop an argument that said something beyond memory is selective and tends to serve self interest.

Tick Minus - Grade 55%

Narrative. A review of the films.

Did not use the films (for example just used Memento) to support argument.

0% - Zero Points

You plagiarized your paper. Don't do this. You just threw away 10% of your final mark. We are not interested in what others wrote about the films. We are interested in your ideas.