This essay examines the interconnected concepts history, memory, time in the story “Let’s Go on Golgotha!” The novel contains references that help to explain the interlink between the three concepts. It is demonstrated that memory can be personal and that history can be general. Both can be changed and shaped over time. You can also use references to the real-world to access messages that the author left.
Simon Falk, his family and their journey back to time to witness Jesus Christ’s crucifixion are the story. Pan time tours, an agency that allows time travel, makes the story possible in the far future. The tour operator reminds tourists not to disturb history. This is especially true when they are asked by the crowd if they would spare Jesus or Barabbas. But when it comes time to convict Jesus, the protagonist realizes that the entire crowd responsible for his death is made up of tourists and not Jewish Jerusalemites. Time is a dimension where events can be ordered in the past, present, and future. It includes the length of events as well as their intermissions. You can think of time as the totality of three distinct elements: past, present and future. The Past refers to events that happened before a given time. These events are often considered fixed and absolute. It can either be retrieved via memory or, with the advent and use of written languages, recorded history. The Present can be defined to include the time in which events are directly observed. The future is the time that will not occur in the immediate future. It is the time period that is expected to occur. It can be either infinitely large or small, depending on the context. All stories are based on time in some way. Whatever the story’s approach to time, it is still time that plots unfold and characters are drawn.
But, we’re talking about literature in which time and its passage are a main theme and even a character. The story is set in the distant future where people can travel to space for vacation. Simon says he owes his family a vacation, but couldn’t afford to travel to space. As Simon hears the agent/consultant telling Simon that there are only a few seats in the Revolution of Mars, this is a time when humans have both habited Mars and Earth. This trip shows how humans developed Mars to the point it is today. This era was already revolutionizing Mars and was part of their history. It also showed us how far ahead they were. A glimpse is also given of the advanced technology and biotechnology. On the preparation tour for the time, we pass what is called the language laboratory or Biotreatment rooms. The Biotreatment rooms can be used to harden the feet of those who have chosen to go barefoot on this trip. The Language laboratory is where Hebrew is taught to people using The Knowledge-Injection Principle. This is for just an afternoon. Even though the knowledge was temporary and disappeared within the brain after a month, we now know that such wonders are possible far into the future. Time traveling is one example of such wonders. It was commercially possible to use time travel. Time travel is the ability to alter the pace at which we travel into our future or to reverse it completely. It’s often understood to mean that a person’s mind, body, and memories are unaffected, even though their current location in time has been changed. Time travel is impossible if the traveller’s mind and body return to their original condition at the destination. Pan time tours is a time-travel agency that takes families back to the past to see historic events such as The Coronation of Elizabeth, Revolution of Mars (which hasn’t yet occurred in the real life), the Sacking of Karthage, and many others. The story does not reveal whether it was possible to travel to the future. Our fictional universe of time did not exist in a linear fashion. Instead, it was controlled. Time traveling could have many negative consequences for the timeframe, which raises many questions. What effects might meeting oneself have on the timeframe if you own a time-travel agency? Is there a way to keep history from being lost? However, history should not be lost now that time travel is possible.
History is the continuous, systematic, chronological narrative of past events. This includes people, countries and individuals. The story is its own interpretation of history. Their history is similar to ours but the story is set in the distant future and their present and future are their histories. The future Earth is what humans are hoping to create on Mars. However, this is something that has already been done in our imaginary world. It is the same as the Coronation. Simon is made aware of this when the Salesman says to Simon that the Coronation of Elizabeth the First was fully booked and that the Revolution of Mars had only a few seats. The new home of Mars is a topic that intrigues humans. It happened long enough ago to be part of their historical record, or it could have occurred in the past and they want to experience it for themselves. The story tells how Simon, his friends, and family travel back in history to witness the greatest historical event, the crucifixion. According to the bible Jesus’ crucifixion was a common event for Jerusalemites. Simon of Cyrene, a Cyrene from Cyprus, was making his way to the city. He didn’t know Jesus was being held and tried in the early morning hours. They carried their crosses to Golgotha. Pilate knew Jesus was innocent but couldn’t seem to free him. Barabbas was eventually freed by Pilate after he succumbed to the crowd’s demands. Jesus was unable to carry his cross because he had suffered so much abuse. Simon, a Cyrene man, was passing by. Cyrene is a city in north Africa. A large group of people, mostly women were following Jesus. Simon doesn’t appear to be following Jesus. He was instead coming from the other side of Jerusalem. Simon was made to follow Jesus, but he was actually coming from the country to Jerusalem. Matthew 27.38-54. Mark 15:27-40. Luke 23.35-49. John 19.23-34. These chapters describe the crucifixion. The story does not follow the history. This seems like a deliberate plot twist at first. The twist was actually the protagonist realising the crowd was made up only of time-traveling tourists, not any of those mentioned characters or Jews. But, the question is: Even though the citizens are terrified in their homes, Simon asks Harry. Would Mary (Jesus’s mom), Caiaphas or Annas also be locked in their houses?
It’s obvious that Gary Kilworth, the writer of the story, didn’t know certain facts about that historical event. Ironically, Simon was the protagonist in our story. Simon is an important character in the true story of Jesus’ crucifixion. Simon was the one who assisted Jesus in carrying the cross. In the story, Simon realizes that it were the time travelers who crucified Jesus. He asks Harry for help. Harry replied that they couldn’t do anything about it. The readers were not told if altering history could also affect one’s memories. Do the Jews record now that Jesus was crucified in a strange crowd? Would the past of this be ingrained in our memory and future?
Memory is the ability to remember and forget certain events and moments in one’s history. Memory is more efficient when it is done individually. Because it’s personal, memory is more valuable. History, however, is impersonal and can be viewed as a collective recollection of past events. We can see this when Mandy Simons’s spouse tells Simon how important it is for the children to experience what happened in order to have a true understanding of religion and its meaning. Mandy says that children will relate better if the event is part of their memories. As Sarah, Harry’s spouse, says, “Jesus died for our souls or whatever it is that he saved.” That alone is enough to show that her understanding of Jesus comes from scriptures she doesn’t know. Mandy confirms this, saying that “a bunch of old men droning out scriptures isn’t religion.” I want the truth. History is collective memories and memory are individual histories. Each can be tainted by a person’s point of view. . . Their effectiveness is not in doubt.
A time tour changes the location of time, but a person’s thoughts and body do not change. It would not be possible to perceive time travel if the body or mind of the traveller reverted to its original state at the destination time. Time travelling is therefore dependent on intact memories and an event in the past.
