I think that in order for a book to
be considered as Non-Fiction the book should be about 98% to 100% true. I think
that if it is any less than it should not be considered Non-Fiction because if
books can be considered Non-Fiction but have a pretty good amount of the book
not true then what's the point of having a Fiction, Non-Fiction barrier? Oprah
says that it is not right to say that everything in a book is true if it
actually isn't true at all. I agree with her because if you say that all of it
is true but we find out that some of it really isn't true then you begin to
wonder if the rest of the book is a lie also.
I think that we do need to have
lines between different genres. I think this because if there aren't lines and
you need to use a book for a project you never really know if it is actually
true or not. Also if you don't know what genre you are reading you will be
really confusing. If I wanted to read a specific genre I would never know which
book is that genre because they don't have a label. This is why I believe that
David Shields is wrong. I also don't agree with Frey that half-truths are ok. I
think that if you call a book a memoir, it should be a memoir not a book with a
bunch of half-truths. A memoir is meant to be full of truth and what actually
what happened not what sounds best. If a writer wants to make a book that
sounds really good then make it Fiction.
I totally agree with your opinion on book barriers. I also agree that if you're going to write a memoir you need to make it completely true. If I'm going to read non-fiction I honestly would want it to be completely true not almost all true.
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