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Trin Tragula
Apr 22, 2005

A human heart posted:

i am a genius, but i don't understand why you would need you learn this like it's a maths equation. like, a person in real life can already say things that they dont actually believe. if a person writes a fictional book, then its even easier for them to say stuff they dont actually believe or think is positive or approve of, because its not them the person talking anymore.

The vast majority of books, particularly ones that a child will encounter during basic education, are either fiction with a totally reliable narrator, or textbooks which have the Unquestionable Truth in them. It's a relatively unusual tactic and I can absolutely see how someone who for whatever reason wasn't particularly engaged by reading (or by the kind of relatively unconventional film that would use an unreliable narrator) could then get to adulthood without encountering the idea, or considering that it might be possible to write fiction that way.

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