Memoir- a record of
events written by a person having intimate knowledge of them and based on
personal observation. I do not believe that
a memoir has to be completely true. Nowhere
in this definition does it mention a memoir containing factual evidence of the
events occurred. Therefore, if the story
is somewhat stretched, it shouldn’t be declassified as a memoir.
The last part of the
sentence states that a memoir is based off of personal observation. The writing piece is seen through the eyes of
the writer. The writer perceives the events in their
own unique way. The reader doesn’t have the
right to know if the writer’s perception was wrong, it shouldn’t matter. The story does not change.
I believe there should
be a point in a non-fiction book where it is fully backed up with evidence. Mr. Coates’ example was with a medical
book. You want that knowledge to be fully
backed up, or else a possible operation might go terribly wrong. If there is no label on that medical book as
non-fiction, then some bum of a writer might make a bs medical book, just to
make some money. That is where the line
should be drawn; if it effects the life of another.
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