On page 140, Christopher says, “I see everything.” For this reason, he does not like new places. He explains this by saying that when he is in place he knows, all he has to do is look at the things that have changed or moved. That is, he has to look at everything, but in places he knows, most things (except those that have changed) he has seen. In new places, he is forced to look at and take in every new thing. This calls back the memory as a film analogy. His vision takes in everything, and just like a video camera it is preserved exactly as is for later use. This is different from normal people, because he says they only glance. Their vision bounces off of things without taking them in, and thus they are not overwhelmed with new information like he is.
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