Blog #5

I think that a book has to be 100% true to be considered non- fiction because then I am under the impression that it is all true and I would feel like I was getting lied to if it wasn’t 100% true. I feel like it makes the story more impressive or closer to the heart if it is fully true because you might be able to relate to it more and see how the person feels in that same situation.  I feel like you can relate to the person more if you know that they are real because then you can know all the struggles that there are in this world.

I don’t think half-truths are okay because if it is labeled as non- fiction then people get the impression that it is true. Also if a medical textbook was only halfway true then the doctor could give someone the wrong diagnosis with the wrong medicine and possibly kill the person. This could also be true with any other profession that uses textbooks to learn. With any other profession they could learn how to do something the wrong way and then others could get very mad at them for doing it the wrong way. For instance if someone who wrote the food safety regulations and how much meat has to be cooked to be considered safe then many restaurants could cook food unsafely and people could be harmed from this.

I don’t agree with David Shields because it does matter what genre it is because some people only read books because of their genres. If a doctor reads a book and expects it to be non- fiction, then it is important for the book to be true in order for the doctor to treat their patients for the right thing.