The reverse chronological order pursued in Peppermint Candy actually follows the process of disinterring memory. Sigmund Freud compares memory excavation with archaeological excavation; he says, “[T]he fact that the scenes are uncovered in a reverse chronological order [...] justifies our comparison of the work with the excavation of a stratified ruined site' (King 2000: 13). Walter Benjamin explored Freud's digging metaphor, to comment that an excavator of memory must not be afraid,