Blog Post #5
By: Lauren Van
Kleunen
When thinking about the difference between non-fiction and
fiction, I have two sides to the story. I think from a readers perspective I
wouldn’t care if it was 100% true or not because I want the book to be
interesting and if he says the book is all true and it’s not I don’t care
because as long as it has a good plot line there’s a chance I will read the
book. Now would I want my doctor reading out of textbooks that aren’t all true
heck no! That’s for something way more serious. I think people take reading way
to serious, it’s meant for you to escape into another whole universe and be
yourself that’s what I thought reading was all about, but it has turned into
something totally different. It has turned into people criticizing each other
about if the book was true or not who cares just read the book!
I honestly don’t care if Frey and Mortenson
bent the truth to create an award winning book. As long as I like it when I read
it, it will make me think a little more about the book and how he came up with
the ideas so in the end, it will just make the book more interesting.
When labeling
books fiction and non-fiction I think that it doesn’t matter if you no whether
it is or not. Most of the time you will be able to tell which one is
non-fiction and which one is fiction. I think a lot of people will be spending
most of their time reading rather than thinking about all that stuff. Authors
create books for people to read them and enjoy them, and there’s no reason to
debate if there should be a line between fiction and non-fiction as long as
they make their readers happy.
I understand that when you say it doesn't really matter if they call a book fiction or non-fiction, I mean a book is still a book.
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