Fantasies Within Realities

For this blog entry we had to read three different chapters and choose one fragment that we strongly agree with. In Chapter G, also know as "blur", there was various fragments I agreed with but one stand out. In fragment 191 Shields said, "I'm interested in the generic edge, the boundary between what are roughly called nonfiction and fiction."I like how it relates to the title of the chapter, that in my interpretation is the blur of reality. Is there really a difference between fiction and nonfiction? Is there such thing a the complete truth? As I get more into the world of language I realize there is not, there is always something not accurate, made up, or even exaggerated. Personally I as well am interested in the that boundary that distinguishes this to genres, or if one even exists. After all, itsallalieaplanguageandcomposition.

Now let's continue with Chapter H. I found a fragment that reminded of a certain conversation we had in class, "Our culture is obsessed with real events because we experience hardly any." This is completely true. Let me ask all of you (no one really), how many of you watch CSI or any other crime show? I'm going to assume that everyone answered "me", because if not it would just be awkward. Then there's an other question, how many of you have ever confronted such a situation like the ones in this shows? Once again I am assuming everyone answered "not me". All though we haven't experienced any events like these, people are obsessed with this shows. How said in class, if such thing happen to any person he would be traumatized for life. It does happen they are real event, but most probably we wont confront with such. This is why I agree with Shields #242 fragment.

How Shields say, "Facts now seem important." I like how he points that "now" is that they are seeming important. I agree with him, once again. Living in a world in which you expect to be lied to, having facts to rely on seems necessary. And yes I like the "now" which is also the name of the chapter, because it's so specific. Are current present is so full of lies, that one almost feels oblige to have the facts to back you up.