Blog #5 Non-Fiction Thoughts

         I think that genres are good for readers to find things that interest them. So we need genres as interested readers. People want to know what kind of book they are going to be reading so they look up the genre. If people are about to read a non-fiction book then they have every right to believe they will read exactly what happened it, 100% facts. That’s not always the case though. Some non-fiction books are all factual and exactly what happened. Other times, they aren’t. Authors might use a story and bend it a little bit to make for a better story that readers will enjoy more. If they do this then it simply shouldn’t be labeled a non-fiction book. If the author changes very small details like the cat’s name in a random scene then I think that is alright. So, if the author changes things that impact the outcome of the book, it’s not non-fiction. If the things that are changed are unnoticeable and have no effect on the outcome then it’s still fine to be labeled a non-fiction book. I have a problem with this though. If we aren’t educated in the non-fiction book we are reading and it is not factual then we are placing lies in our brain. There is no way to know if what you are reading is a lie or not. I think the precise percentage to still be labeled a non-fiction book is 90-10 Facts-Lies. David is wrong because of my examples above. You never know when the smallest lie will impact somebody as a reader or a viewer to what is supposed to be a non-fiction movie. Label it Fiction if there is lie after lie. Or simply say based on a true story and have that settle everything.