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Mythical Lady Posted 19 years ago
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A Million Little Pieces (do you really care if it'snot true?)
I finished reading this memoir in three days. I amn't exaggerating when saying that I couldn't accept the idea of being asleep while the book isn't finished reading.
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Anyhow, after a while , I discovered that the writer ,James Frey, was writing some fabricated events (while the book is held as a memoir) , in his terms , he just added some embellishments and other alternations. This causes a big controversy. Some said that he was lying to the readers (who believe every word written and are greatly affected). Thus he loses his credibility and is believed to be manipulating with readers' feelings.
My question is that do you really care if it's not true? will you feel betrayed? Or is it enough for you that you enjoy reading it?
.Anyhow, after a while , I discovered that the writer ,James Frey, was writing some fabricated events (while the book is held as a memoir) , in his terms , he just added some embellishments and other alternations. This causes a big controversy. Some said that he was lying to the readers (who believe every word written and are greatly affected). Thus he loses his credibility and is believed to be manipulating with readers' feelings.
My question is that do you really care if it's not true? will you feel betrayed? Or is it enough for you that you enjoy reading it?
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I believe if someone writes fiction inspired by true events, he can embellish all he wants to. It's called story telling But if writes a book that he claims is his personal story of redemption, and some of it is made up, it's called lying. It all comes down to how he portrays it.
- I believe if someone writes fiction inspired by true events, he can embellish all he wants to.
- It's called story telling But if writes a book that he claims is his personal story of redemption, and some of it is made up, it's called lying.
- It all comes down to how he portrays it.
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I believe if someone writes fiction inspired by true events, he can embellish all he wants to. It's called story telling
But if writes a book that he claims is his personal story of redemption, and some of it is made up, it's called lying.
It all comes down to how he portrays it.
But if writes a book that he claims is his personal story of redemption, and some of it is made up, it's called lying.
It all comes down to how he portrays it.
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Yes, I care. His creduilty will make me not read his book. The book was supposed to be memior, then it became not real, some fiction. As a reader, what do you get out it if you read the book. If I got out of a lot of stuff, I would not care much. But if it turned out, I would not gain a thing from it. Then I would feel very upset. Given analogy, if you bought a bag that was not authentic and y
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I sometimes pay a huge price for things considered not authentic. I mean we all mostly do . We run after novels, stories, movies, such material which are all imaginary, yet we love them and enjoy them.
I really enjoy reading the book.I don't feel upset because I found out what he did and I don't regret reading it because it adds somehting new to me. It draws my attention to the type of t
I really enjoy reading the book.I don't feel upset because I found out what he did and I don't regret reading it because it adds somehting new to me. It draws my attention to the type of t
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