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Review the novel's major theme-affect of the past, incidents building up to affect out personality development - Margaret Mahy's novel, "Memory".
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ESSAY Topic: Review the novel's major theme-affect of the past, incidents building up to affect out personality development. In Margaret Mahy's novel, "Memory", almost all of the characters are slowly, but gradually building up their personality through a search of their hazy pasts. These hazy pasts include the incidents, which influence the personality development and therefore provide the characters with their answers, but for them to find these answers they must seek in the present. Jonny, being the main character, has the most disarrayed past, through which he must physically sort out, in order for him to gain his full personality. In the same sense, Bonny, Sophie and Hinerangi must also discover their personality through near-forgotten events. At the beginning of the novel, Jonny is making his way towards the Benedicta's residence. He is doing this because he wants to find Bonny Benedicta, who was with him at the time of his sister's...
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