Fiction
No science fiction, but just plain fiction. I'm from Brazil, live in Japan and have recently traveled to America (to the US, I mean). People think I'm supposed to write about these things, if I am to write at all.
I've even tried reading some books about the struggle of the 出稼ぎ that came to Japan from Brazil.
Just because they're Brazilian, doesn't mean I'm gonna sympathize instantly and become best friends forever. I don't pay the Chinese prostitutes on the streets of Osaka, and if I did it wouldn't be out of pity. As much as this may sound bad, I don't wanna read poorly written books about a drama that is repeated over and over again in spite of our governments' full knowledge of how to solve this.
Reality is always awesome and surprising and unfinished. There's a fundamental flaw in putting someone into the role of HAVING to write about his own struggle or life story.
That said, even writing about reality frequently has little to do with reality itself. A person's memory can change so much - from little details like the color of a car to completely erasing important events. The reason why fiction is taken to be less relevant than non-fiction is simplistic, no to say stupid. Either way, what you get are words attached to each other in a unending but syncopated and paced stream. Whether or not it is fiction is irrelevant. Take a good 2 minutes to really read through any news article and you'll understand. Communication is not reality. Communication is just that, communication. Who cares if the name was made up, or the story happens in a world of magicians that smoke weed?
What matters is the how good for you the communication itself is.
I've even tried reading some books about the struggle of the 出稼ぎ that came to Japan from Brazil.
Just because they're Brazilian, doesn't mean I'm gonna sympathize instantly and become best friends forever. I don't pay the Chinese prostitutes on the streets of Osaka, and if I did it wouldn't be out of pity. As much as this may sound bad, I don't wanna read poorly written books about a drama that is repeated over and over again in spite of our governments' full knowledge of how to solve this.
Reality is always awesome and surprising and unfinished. There's a fundamental flaw in putting someone into the role of HAVING to write about his own struggle or life story.
That said, even writing about reality frequently has little to do with reality itself. A person's memory can change so much - from little details like the color of a car to completely erasing important events. The reason why fiction is taken to be less relevant than non-fiction is simplistic, no to say stupid. Either way, what you get are words attached to each other in a unending but syncopated and paced stream. Whether or not it is fiction is irrelevant. Take a good 2 minutes to really read through any news article and you'll understand. Communication is not reality. Communication is just that, communication. Who cares if the name was made up, or the story happens in a world of magicians that smoke weed?
What matters is the how good for you the communication itself is.
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