Q13

[LeonC641]

Hi all, how are you?

I struggled between (C) and (E).

Reading the second paragraph of Passage B, I understood that the two points of the Author of the passage are: (i) an autobiographical author has to choose between two types of memory--the false one and the true one, and (ii) the false memory is valid. I could not see how these two really provide an answer to the Author's question "which is the truest memory?" Saying the false memory is valid does not mean the true memory is less true. So I hold that the Author's point is to emphasize (i).

Thus, (C) matches quite well with my understanding for it reflects the choice between the above two. Meanwhile, (E) focused on the composition of truth, which is why I am still very confused by this question.

Could anyone please help? Thanks!

[XiangruC274]

Hi Leon, I agree with the first part of your post. By asking this question by the end of first paragraph and making arguments in the second paragraph, the author is making distinction between two choices:
1. The false memory, however more vivid, "must be a subjective truth to it, an emotional truth"; and
2. the true one, less vivid and less emotional significant.

However, I disagree with your second part. I do not think the question is about filling a memory gap (the author doesn't mention any "gap", he only mentions two different memories). Rather, I think the question is about why an autobiography author may sometimes want to choose a false memory --- in other word, what makes the false memory better/ truer than the actual memory? what is the difference?---the answer is because sometimes the false memory is "more emotional significant", or "representation of subjective experience rather than representation of fact".

Therefore, I think (E) is better than (C)
Hope my answer helps.