Focussing on The Fiftieth Gate, a novel by Mark Baker, explain the difference between history and memory, and explain whether one is more valid than the other. Other support material included.

History can be viewed as a sequential series of indisputable events, whereas memory is of such events that are highly subjective, and affect the way in which they are perceived. The link between history and memory, and the way the human experiences it, is a component of past and present. We are shown this throughout the prescribed text "The Fiftieth Gate", where, through Baker's quest, we see the past continually impacting on the present, as the memories of the past affect those who have endured it. The other related material studied also shows examples of this complex relationship surr…