Do you believe this book?
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I think the narrative strives to be a completely truthful account, but telling the story of your own life and experiences can be difficult. It is easy to recreate memories or to portray things in a specific light that is not exactly a completely accurate portrait. I believe the story is sincere in its account even if it may be a little altered in its telling.Sushan wrote: ↑01 Feb 2021, 00:40 To be honest, I haven't heard of Dr.Ghoulem Berrah before reading this book. So after reading I did my own research on him and found that the outline of his story is very true. He has been a remarkable person in various fields and have been a great asset to the world. But when reading his autobiography, at some occasions I feel that some facts are too good to be true. One such occasion is secretly disturbing a speech of Fidel Castro to prevent the harmful results that might have occurred due to it. This is my very own opinion, and I don't mean any disrespect to the renowned diplomat. But for the sake of discussion, did you get the same feeling when you read this? Do you think that all those things have happened exactly as described?
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I concur. Most memoirs contain inspirational message in them to give hope and encouragement to their readers. And while this may be the case, authors may add extra words to sweeten the message. So yeah, some bits of the book may be a bit glamorized.Jenniferg_1105 wrote: ↑05 Feb 2021, 11:54 I completely agree with this idea that the story is mostly true but some of it may be glamorized. A single story will often have a few differences depending of who is telling the story.
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I also tend to think that it is likely that you may not remember things as they were when they happened years back. Sometimes authors adjust their words to suit the context and the preferred audience. Dr. Berrah is not exception.gabrielletiemi wrote: ↑04 Feb 2021, 13:51 I think that even though we try to write a book that only brings true events and/or phrases, it's inevitable to be biased. Therefore, I think it is likely that the author didn't describe everything exactly like the events that occurred and I agree with you when you said that Dr. Berrah might have altered some things when writing this book.