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This paper discusses the movie "Memento", which focuses on the world of Leonard Shelby, a man who suffers from short-term memory loss following the traumatic death of his wife. The paper discusses the issues associated with short-term memory loss and how it effects the individual who suffers from it. It then discusses the issue in relation to the character in the film.

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"Memory and Memento The movie Memento focuses on the world of Leonard Shelby, a man who suffers from short-term memory loss following the traumatic death of his wife. This short-term memory loss in the film prevents the leading character from recalling new memories. Leonard does, however, recall events from his life, although those memories are shown in the film without connections to one another, or the action that is taking place at any particular point in time. This technique is accomplished, according to the filmmakers, to demonstrate what it is actually like when an individual has a short-term memory loss. Technically short-term memory loss allows the individual to recall brief passages of information for short periods of time. Short-term memory can be transferred to long-term memory, however. In the film, Memento, it is contended that because Leonard has short term memory loss that he cannot create new memories."

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