Hyperthymesia Essays

Facts and Fiction: A Manipulation of Language in Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood English is a fascinating and riveting language. Subtle nuances and adjustments can easily change the understanding of a literary work—a technique many authors employ in order to evoke a desired response from their readers. This method is used especially in In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, a literary work which details a true event about the murders of four members of the Clutter family in the small community of Holcomb

to tackle the kick returner when Dwayne LeCroix blindsided him. Decker died twice on that football field during the opening game. When he awoke in a hospital the next day, his brain had been completely rewired. He now suffers from Hyperthymesia Syndrome. Hyperthymesia is the condition of possessing an superior autobiographical memory. The disease affected many aspects of his life negatively, but it did give a magnificent advantage at taking tests for the police academy and later

Rebecca, a junior year student from Samantha Brown’s college in the north of Los Angeles, who is known to have hyperthymesia. She lived together with her mother. Her mother on the other hand is diagnosed with alzheimer. As Rebecca’s mother start to show more symptoms of alzheimer, Rebecca carries more burden day by day. She would occasionally imagine losing her mother as her mother have already been showing lacks of recognitions, but as she imagines it, she wakes up from the nightmare in cold sweat