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That debate about unreliable narrators hit me different after talking to my uncle
He's not a book guy. Works construction. But he told me how his crew told stories about the same job site disaster. Each guy remembered it totally different. One said the beam fell. Another said it was pushed. Third guy swore it never happened. Made me rethink how I judge narrators in books. Like, if real people can't agree on what they saw, why do we get mad at a fictional character for getting details wrong? Anyone else find real life making book debates harder?
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spencer_chen629d ago
Man, it's just a book, not that deep.
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emerycarr29d ago
Your uncle's crew basically wrote a whole novel about that beam without meaning to. That's the thing about real life stories too - memory is just bad at recording the truth. Been in arguments with friends about stuff we all saw together and walked away with three different versions. Makes you wonder if any narrator can be fully trusted, even ones that try to be honest.
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