As early as the age of two, humans are able to think back and recover memories of a specific event. Memorization is an important aspect of our daily lives as it helps us with things like learning and recognition. Communicating with others through spoken or written words is only made possible by remembering words, grammatical rules, and how to form sentences. Everything would be new to us every time we saw it without memory. A computer, a chair, a pizza would not be familiar to us. Memory is vital to our overall existence and helps us cope with everyday life. Collective memories, the memories we share together as a society, help us not repeat the mistakes of the past and improve conditions to try to prevent horrible events from happening again. We all share the memory of 9/11 and most remember where they were when this tragedy occurred. For this reason, the United States has created new precautions to thwart these activities, such as monitoring American communications (emails, phone calls, Internet activities, etc.), creating national defense programs, and creating the Department for National Security. Another memory we share together is World War II, how British Prime Minister Chamberlain signed the Munich Agreement to give Hitler the Sudetenland. Hitler said he would stop invading if given the right, but continued illicit activities three months later. This taught us that a dictator cannot be appeased, and by remembering this, we can better deal with future dictators. In addition to collective memories, we also learn from our personal memories. When humans make mistakes, they remember the repercussions and know not to repeat them. By placing the metal in the microwave and examining the sparks, we know from that point on that we...... middle of paper......resulting in “Solar Plexus, Instep, Nose, Groin”.In Conclusion , memory is a vital part of our daily lives. We need it to read people's expressions, which also shows us how to act. Memory helps us in learning as we use mnemonic devices for retrieval and to quickly answer simple questions. Another way it helps us is in communication, because without memorization we wouldn't be able to form sentences. Finally, we use memory to learn from our own and others' mistakes. By watching someone fail, we know not to repeat their actions without first changing some aspect of them. Memory is an important factor in our existence because without it we would not be able to function as we normally do. Sources • http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2011/12/22/9638211-first-memories-can-happen-at-age-of-2-years • http://www.toptenz.net/ top-10-us-government-changes-since-911.php