Momento Mori

When I first started reading “Momento Mori” I’ll be honest it kind of rubbed me the wrong way. I didn’t like the negativity and I found it very sexist. I felt like it portrayed men as these dumb forgetful creatures and I probably would not have kept reading it if it was not an assigned reading. As I continued reading I learned quickly that the reading had a deeper meaning. It offered an unusual but interesting view of living a life that had no meaning, no timeline, no point. It gave a sad reference to a man who cant remember anything longer than a half hour or so and has to leave clues in order to go through his daily living. Personally, I like many people just thought it was a man with Alzheimer’s, a degenerative neurological disease affecting many senior citizens. I quickly realized that this was probably not the case. It got me thinking when he wrote the letter. The idea that the life he is living may not be real at all. His thought that maybe the people who didn’t get in heaven were just going through the motions in life. People would have already gone through judgment day but would have no clue. Nothing they would ever do would matter. This is very depressing to think about but an interesting thought. I personally don’t agree with it but who am I to disagree.