1. I chose to make a camera because in The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, Dr. David Henry’s camera is a symbol of how he wishes his life was. The camera itself was a gift from his wife Norah for their anniversary, so they would always remember the happy times. However, photography became David’s new passion, and contributed to David and Norah’s later separation. The camera is a huge part of the story, as the novel was titled after it “The Memory Keeper, it said on the box…” (87). 2. Character Description:
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter is a fiction novel written by Kim Edwards that takes you through the entire lives of a group of troubled, but otherwise regular, people. You enter their world on a snowy, March night in 1964 in Lexington, Kentucky, where characters Dr. David Henry and his wife Norah give birth to their first child, a healthy baby boy named Paul. Several moments after that, they deliver another child, a baby girl named Phoebe whom Henry instantly realizes has Down syndrome. In an attempt
In the novel, The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, by Edwards, the protagonist David discovers that his secrets follow him around, waiting to come out. Told in third person point-of-view, the author supports her theme by describing the setting of a world full of lies and deceit, establishing the central conflict of how secrets haunt people and they do not allow people to live freely. This affects the work as a whole because Edward’s purpose is to inform the readers about the power that secrets have in order
replace who they are. The novel, “The Memory Keeper’s Daughter”, effectively displays the theme of caring for and accepting individuals with disabilities. Kim Edwards uses “The Memory Keeper’s Daughter” to display the effect of caring for and accepting individuals with disabilities can have on one’s life.