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How does McEwan present ideas about memory and recall in “Enduring Love”
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How does McEwan present ideas about memory and recall in "Enduring Love" In "Enduring Love", McEwan concentrates strongly around the idea of memory and recall, from the very beginning of the novel McEwan presents the first signs of memory and recall being a large part in the novel: "Even without the balloon the day would have been marked for memory", this idea of false, selective memory, memory being the basis for guilt and finally memory developing Joe as an unreliable narrator is continued throughout the novel. McEwan uses Joe's scientific mind lead the reader into believing the way in which in recalls an event but then reveals a fault in Joe's memory where he is "not absolutely sure" about details from the event so he invents details in order to fill in gaps: "'Do you remember the car door being open?' 'Yes' 'One door or two?' I wasn't sure and...
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