In Kristin Ohlson’s “The Great Forgetting”, she explains the struggle she, along with many others in this world, has with remembering details of her early childhood. It is clear from her evidence that we can remember things while we are young, but those memories fade as we mature and have other life experiences. She maintains that even though we are unable to remember, or remember them correctly, many of the things that happened to us as children, they still have an impact on what we become.
Ohlson begins with her personal experience in realizing that she did not remember much that happened when she was a child. By doing so, the reader begins to think back on his or her memories and really understands how much they do not remember. She complements
