In a well developed essay, choose one of the protagonists from the short story “Lest We Forget” by David Barr Kirtley to describe using STEAL (the character’s speech, thoughts, effect on others, actions, and looks). Type your response in the space provided below. Here is a list of character traits. Introduction Corey is one of the main characters in the short story “Lest We Forget”. She is often trying to be kind and help out others in different ways as well as trying to not hurt herself. We also see her trying to make a bigger difference anyway she can, but she is often making wrong choices and getting into some bad situations. This is shown often when Corey is trying to advocate for making memory erasure illegal. In the short story …show more content…
‘My own sister! It’s so awful. I can suddenly remember all these bad, shameful things, and it’s like they all just happened.’”( Kirtly 7) and also where she erased all her memories after finding this out, “Her wide eyes watched him curiously. He stretched out his hand to her. Corey reached out and gently clutched his fingers. He tried to withdraw his hand, but he wouldn’t let go. He studied her. ‘Corey, talk to me.’ Her eyes were innocent and inquisitive, eyes that were new to the world.” This shows that Corey is foolish because she erased all her memories which made her basically restart life. Corey is often uneasy throughout the entire short story. This first time this is shown is in the beginning where Morgan goes to Corey’s house and they talk about how they got into an argument with each other about memory erasure. Once they started talking about what happened last time Corey quickly became uneasy. “ Corey’s smile vanished. She eyed him with uncertainty. “What?” he said. “It’s just a figure of speech — ‘forget about it.'” Corey shook her head. “No. Not anymore. Nobody just forgets about stuff anymore, not since memory chips. Your choice of words makes me wonder, Morgan. Did you really forget about it? Did you erase those memories?” “Of course not,” he …show more content…
“You really are something, you know?” She turned and stomped into the living room. “You come over here and start spouting about forgiveness and not spoiling our friendship, and you don’t even remember what our argument was about! Why didn’t you just tell me you erased the memory?”” This shows how uneasy Corey is because she quickly becomes questioning and uncertain towards Morgan after he tells her to forget about it. Another example of Corey being uneasy during the story is when she is on the phone with Morgan after hacking into the computer. “ “When someone erases a memory, their chip transmits a copy to the bureau. They keep everyone’s erased