Student's Feedback
Fact or Fiction
For fact versus fiction, I tend to take neutral stance, for after reading The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho; I was impressed how the author has bound the philosophies of life with fiction. The book has been written in way in which the realm of fantasy and fact combine to show how life can be magical. The book celebrates the very meaning of life. It shows that nonfiction doesn’t have to be too realistic or boring or fiction doesn’t have to be too out of this world to be interesting. A more popular example is JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series, in which she has amalgamated a world of fiction with our modern world so well. So, ultimately today when so many books are written in a manner where fact and fiction is the same thing, I find it hard to choose between fact and fiction. I suggest instead we do both of them.
-Raghav 10i
Fact or Fiction
Well, I’d choose fiction. Why? That’s a good question. There are quit a lot of reasons. One of the reasons is that I haven’t read much of non-fiction books, so I wouldn’t comment upon them. Fiction books allow me to live my dreams through imaginary characters. Sometimes they take you to the magical world of Harry Potter or the mysteries of Dan Brown or even at times the adventurous picnics of the Famous Five. These practically impossible stories change scientific truths, intellectual paradigms and create new ideologies and philosophies like the cell-phones from Star Trek. They even, at times, take you away from the usual monotonous life.
Divyashree Salvi (IX-E) Word No Limit