Blog 6.5

Schwartz's essay gives readers a clear idea of the "rules" of how to write a truthful memior. If we take her ideas and apply them to Frey's book, his book is not a nonfiction memior. Most of the events that Frey writes about happened but are extreamly exaggerated. Schwartz besically states that it is how you remember the events that happened in your life, but if while you are writing something and conciously know that it is false or exaggerated then this is not a memior, it is a work of fiction. There is a fine line between fiction and non-fiction and Frey crossed it. When they question him about changing the names in his book and not writing a disclaimer he explains that it was to protect the privacy of the individuals. I believe that it is ok to change a name and not state that because you are not defined by your name. You are defined by your character and if that is writen truthfully that is all that matters. I read Frey's book, it was very intense. I am not as dissapointed as TSG and Oprah were when they found out alot of the story was untrue. It still entertained me although I do believe that he should not have categorized it as a non-fiction memior.