RE: Telling fact from fiction
July 21, 2016 at 3:16 pm
(This post was last modified: July 21, 2016 at 3:21 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
I doubt that it would, but in those cases that it does...as I already mentioned...it would show you that you were reading a fictional narrative -about- factual events. You'd have to check the contents though, and we're trying to avoid that.
Of course, we could needle in deeper, still without any knowledge of the content of the narrative, and examine narrative device.
Speaking in third person -omnipresent/omniscient- is definitively, and demonstrably a mark of fiction...regardless of whether or not you agree, or how many ways you'd like to pre-emptively split the baby. That's what makes it useful as a general principle.
Of course, we could needle in deeper, still without any knowledge of the content of the narrative, and examine narrative device.
Speaking in third person -omnipresent/omniscient- is definitively, and demonstrably a mark of fiction...regardless of whether or not you agree, or how many ways you'd like to pre-emptively split the baby. That's what makes it useful as a general principle.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
