Lost in the Cosmos, Walker Percy

Question: Is amnesia a favorite device in fiction and especially soap operas because
(a) the character is sick & tired of himself and his life and wants a change.
(b) the writer is sick & tired of his character and wants a change.
(c) the writer is sick & tired of himself and his life and wants a change.
(d) the reader or moviegoer or TV-viewer is sick & tired of himself and his life and wants a change - and the housewife is the sickest & tiredest of al.
(e) the times are such that everyday life for everybody is more or less intolerable and one is better off wiping out the past and starting anew.

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