SYNOPSIS OF MEMORIES WE LOST AND OTHER STORIES GUIDE

TABLE OF CONTENT

Introduction page

Memories we lost. ……………………………………..1

How much land does mannee…………………….8

Light………………………………………………………..13

My Fathers Head.

The Umbrella Man……………………………………..24

The President……………………………………………31

Window Seat

Almost Home……………………………………………… 45

The Folded Leaf……………………………………………55

Hitting Budapest

Missing Out…………………………………………………68

No need to Lie

The Handsomest Drowned Man In the world. Stones Bounce On Water

SAMPLE ANSWERED QUESTIONS……………………………96

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The Title

Memories we lost is a biography. The life of a sister seen by a younger sister. The story is about mental illness ghigpphrenig and its effect.
It is first described as this thing that takes the narrator’s younger sister. Over time it robs the sister of the ability to speak and remember hence the title Memories we lost. The title is a reflection of loss and
regret.

The setting

The story is set in South Africa, indeed the author Lidudumalingani is a South African. A number of South African indigenous words are used in the story.

The plot

The story Memories we lost is about challenges brought by mental illness to the victim and those around them.
The mental illness is_schizophrenia. It is a mental disorder
Characterized by many symptoms. It causes a breakdown in the relationship between thoughts, feelings and actions.

There are many causes Of the disease and hereditary is one of them. It’s No wonder the disease runs in the narrator’s family. The narrator’s father was a scherophrene.
Events and actions in the story rotate around a sick sister. The sickness is terrifying and attacks without warning.

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