Part A According to "The Most Forgetful Man in the World," why is it impossible for EP to maintain a close friendship?
People feel embarrassed around EP and do not know how to sustain a
friendship with him.
EP cannot remember what has been said, felt, or experienced in the past,
so he is unable to provide the emotional connection of a friendship.
EP gets impatient with people because they keep asking him simplistic
questions as if he were unable to think and have a real conversation.
EP is too embarrassed by his lapses of memory to allow people to get close
enough for friendship.