Our narrative selfhood is a product of our life stories. With the Sensecam, Claire is able to begin to tell her own story, more particularly creating her identity, and spinning her own "web". With amnesia, however, it is impossible to do this without triggering her episodic memory, which the camera is able to do for her. By seeing pictures that trigger memory, Claire is starting to "spin a self', something she could not previously do.
II. In Lady Gregory's The Rising of The Moon, the trend in the character of the Sergeant undergoes a slow change. As soon as the ragged "Man" appears on the stage, a conflict starts within the mind of the police officer, who is planning to be a traitor to his own home country (Ireland). .
The Man is simultaneously more courageous and intelligent than the Sergeant. The patriotic songs and words of.
The Man rouse patriotism in the mind of the Sergeant, who is reminded of his patriotic roots through a series of memories triggered by The Man. He is reminded of his young days when his only dream was to free Ireland from the shackles of the foreign rule. He has now divided his own self-his loyalty to the British Government and to his country, it is his duty as a police officer to arrest a revolutionary. As an Irishman it is also his duty to help the Irish patriots. At the end of the play the Sergeant could not have arrested a rebel leader with the help of the two policemen. But far from doing that he actively arranges for his escape in a boat. Thus he sacrifices his reward and a sure chance of reward. The Sergeant is beginning to complete his journey, according to the modern philosopher MacIntyre. What allows MacIntyre to maintain that there is a specific narrative unity of human life is the conception of life as "quest" or "journey". Thus, the self is tied up to a character and his/her unity is given as the unity of the character which is demanded by the narration.
