Obsession Led To The Downfall Of Leonard In Memento

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The 2000 film, Memento is about Leonard Shelby who is trying to find the people that raped and murdered his wife while having memory issues. I believe the message of the film was about being able to trust others in the time of need. In this essay I will be talking about how critical moments in the film and the issue of obsession led to the downfall of Leonard. To begin with, the idea of obsession led to the downfall of Leonard because throughout the film all he wanted to do was seek vengeance on the people that raped and murdered his wife. Problem is that he has a memory loss so he can only remember everything up to the incident. During the film Leonard would either write everything on his hand, on pictures or tattoo it on his body. The idea …show more content…

Because of his memories his identity changed from the beginning to the end of the film. At beginning, he is looking for vengeance. By the end of the film, he is trying to figure out the point of life by trying to figure out what is the truth. At he beginning of the film I found Teddy to be another guy that was just trying to take advantage of Leonard. By the end of the film I was able to learn that Teddy was just trying to help Leonard. A crucial moment in the film was when Teddy was explain everything that happened to them in the past, but still Leonard wrote on the picture not to trust Teddy. This is important because it shows that Leonard didn’t trust Teddy at all because Teddy and Leonard have killed John G before. This also shows a flaw in Leonard’s method of keeping everything in track. I did find it frustrating that when Teddy told Leonard the truth I could tell by the look in Leonard’s eyes that he didn’t want to hear it. Instead of writing the truth down, how they already killed John G, he falsifies the information on purpose. Without trust Leonard killed the only person that was trying to look out for him. I believe that Leonard does this so he can have something to do and that the rush of trying to seek vengeance thrills him. I also believe that in the film Leonard lies to himself so he doesn’t have to face the

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