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5 Answers for Memento. “Do I Lie to Myself to be Happy?”. Question no. 1. What to you are the central themes for Plato’s Allegory of the Cave?. The allegory of the cave can be described by these pictures: . Question # 2. How does the mind separate the true reality from false reality?.
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5 Answers for Memento “Do I Lie to Myself to be Happy?”
Question no. 1 What to you are the central themes for Plato’s Allegory of the Cave? The allegory of the cave can be described by these pictures:
Question # 2 How does the mind separate the true reality from false reality?
Question no. 3 The movie closes with Lenny saying, “We all need mirrors to remind ourselves who we are. I’m no different.” Lenny’s “mirrors” were his memory devices. What sort of “mirrors” do people with normal memories rely on to remind themselves who they are?
For us, what is our mirrors? Friends
Finally, the things we do* *even it is stupid
Question no. 4 When Lenny jots down Teddy’s license number, he asks: “Do I lie to myself to be happy? In your case, Teddy... yes, I will.” What does that say about truth?