after abel told charles the story of the giants hidden soul , he struggled to remember everything , every day of his life , for there were more memories than he had thought about throughout the summer and fall and he knew he would die soon and he wanted to say good-bye to his life and all of his memories , the bad as well as the good , for they were all he had of love and companionship ; just those memories of his mother and father and his brother , jamie and a few others who came and went briefly in the story of his life .