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- Aug 18, 2020
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DFW (an American author who ctb) often wrote fictional stories. He thought fiction had a unique usage to convey certain messages to the readers. I personally like his stories a lot. Though I am not really a big fan of fiction. I have different thoughts on it than DFW. Many fictional stories cannot really convince me. Maybe I am consuming the wrong ones. I can be more catched by real life stories. I think DFW was critical about contemporary mass culture. I agree on that. When I was younger I watched a lot of bullshit on TV. Shit I feel now pretty ashamed about. Yeah my parents did not really care and TV was one method to keep us quiet.
Some fictional stories really contain a certain wisdom. But I am not sure whether fiction really has a unique trait in that. Can't real life stories convey similar values? I am not sure about that. Probably there is a unique value of fictional stories. For me personally I am more impacted if the story really has happened to a living person. I draw too often parallels from ficitional stories to the real life of the author. Normally you should not make that this easily.
I really like stories of Kafka or DFW because it can make you feel like you was in the skin of another living being. And if the other person has a lot of pain it can comfort me because I am not the only one who underegoes mental torment.
Still I am more obsessed by real life stories. It makes a different for me whether someone is raped in real life or in a fictional story. That is a huge difference. Though for example someone who was raped can have therapeutic benefits if he/she writes a fictional story about that event.
Some fictional stories really contain a certain wisdom. But I am not sure whether fiction really has a unique trait in that. Can't real life stories convey similar values? I am not sure about that. Probably there is a unique value of fictional stories. For me personally I am more impacted if the story really has happened to a living person. I draw too often parallels from ficitional stories to the real life of the author. Normally you should not make that this easily.
I really like stories of Kafka or DFW because it can make you feel like you was in the skin of another living being. And if the other person has a lot of pain it can comfort me because I am not the only one who underegoes mental torment.
Still I am more obsessed by real life stories. It makes a different for me whether someone is raped in real life or in a fictional story. That is a huge difference. Though for example someone who was raped can have therapeutic benefits if he/she writes a fictional story about that event.
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