Mrs. Delmaine's Question of the Day: Write a Reflection About "No One Died in Tienanmen Square." Why Would It Be Necessary to White-Wash a Story?

The reason "No One Died in Tienanmen Square" was written is simply because that is what people tell themselves. It's a coping mechanism that we use to protect ourselves from a situation that no one wants to remember. No one wants to know that all those people died. No one wants to remember the heartache and the pain that comes with the memory. So they simply tell themselves that it didn't happen. It's what we do, it's how we live. It's wrong, but it makes us feel better as people.

Maybe that's what's wrong with the world today. No one remembers anything, simply for the fact that it's "Too painful to deal with".