A book that is a non-fiction novel has to be true. That’s why it’s called non-fiction. If what is on the pages is not true then its fiction. It has to be like that because then the author misleads people that what they are reading in the is true, and the author is disrespecting all the other non- fiction authors that stay true to the meaning of non- fiction. Another reason is authors that write non- fiction are doing so for a reason, telling a story of a personal account, raising awareness for some cause, not to make their book better for more money. That’s just low are so many levels. Half-truths are like a lie straight to the face. People that tell you something that is partially true are liars and are a disgrace. That is in my opinion what authors do when they write half true books and knowingly sell them. To me it does matter if Frey or Mortenson bent the story because that’s rubbing the genre of non-fiction through the mud. It’s as if Lakota East came over and stomp on the M on Mason’s Football field. We don’t really need lines between genres but we need to have a clear distinction. You go half non- fiction and the other part fiction it just doesn’t work that way. I like that authors use their imagination to their full potential but we don’t need a thick black line between them. It only matters to the people that are anal about the distinction and have to know if a books a non- fiction book or a fiction book. To me the only part that matters are if the author didn’t mix them together or overly stretched the truth in a non-fiction book, that’s all.
I agree that in order for it to be non-fiction it has to be 100% true. Genres do come in handy to know where in a library you want to go for a book.
ReplyDeleteI agree baron non fiction and fiction need to be seperated
ReplyDeleteI agree that if a book is labeled non fiction then it needs to be completely true or else it is considered lying
ReplyDeleteI agree but you can't be 100% true because in memiors you can't remember exactly everything you said word for word. I think that textbooks you should be saying what is 100% true.
ReplyDeleteIf you go out of your way to change what happened, it's fiction. But if you make a little mistake and forget what happened, it's fine, as long as it doesn't change the whole story.
ReplyDeleteI agree that a book has to be true to be considered non-fiction. If it is made up, it's clearly fiction.
ReplyDeleteI agree 100%, a book should be true if it's non-fiction.
ReplyDeleteThe problem comes when people find out. Sometimes, it is easy to believe that a fiction novel is true, to give you hope for the future. If there were no lines or labels, people could believe what they want to and not believe what they don't want to.
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