{"id":478,"date":"2020-10-18T18:45:21","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T22:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/bloodycoflict\/?p=478"},"modified":"2020-10-18T18:45:22","modified_gmt":"2020-10-18T22:45:22","slug":"storytelling-fact-vs-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/bloodycoflict\/2020\/10\/18\/storytelling-fact-vs-fiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Storytelling: Fact vs. Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This past summer, I read the novel Trust Exercise<\/em> by Susan Choi (note: this blog post will contain a spoiler about this novel). This book inspired several conversations that I had with my friends who borrowed the book about fact, fiction, and memory. The book is about students at a highly competitive performing arts high school and their experiences at the time. The reader is taken by surprise when on the 131st page, the story ends and a new perspective is given from a woman at a book signing. We find out that the first hundred so pages were from a book written by her classmate and was about their high school experience. We are challenged as the truths that we read in the first third of the novel are challenged by a new perspective. With the element of sexual assault coming in to play in the story, it causes readers to think a lot about what and who we can trust. Our discussion in class about Voices of the Chicago Eight, A Generation on Trial <\/em>reminded me of some of the conversations I had over the summer. As we discussed if we could trust Tom Hayden\u2019s memory and compared it to the other literature, my perspective shifted. I used to focus on if it was true or not and the importance that had, instead of paying attention to why the author chose that to be their truth. There were moments in the courtroom that were not included in the play. Some of the moments may have been dramatized, and more. The question for myself has now changed to why was the story shared that way? What was the goal? The trials in real life consisted of a lot of theatrical protesting, and this has been confirmed by transcripts, and we see the same thing in the play. Yet, why skip all the \u201cboring\u201d stuff. For the purpose of storytelling or something more? Personally, I trusted the play because I took it as the author\u2019s truth and since he was there and experiencing it, his perspective is valid. The highlighting of the theatrical moments may have been to bring back the theme of reclaiming power, owning their rights, and that the fight never ends. The actions of the defendants were symbolic and they reflected their sentiment of not feeling like they belonged in the United States due to the treatment of the system and them trying to assert their rights. I am curious to see what other people in the class believe, do you think it is more important to focus on fact\/fiction or the stylistic purpose of sharing the experiences in the ways the author did? If your answer is the latter, what is your take on the message the author is trying to send, do you think he was effective?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This past summer, I read the novel Trust Exercise by Susan Choi (note: this blog post will contain a spoiler about this novel). This book inspired several conversations that I had with my friends who borrowed the book about fact, fiction, and memory. The book is about students at a highly competitive performing arts high … <\/p>\n

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