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A Long Way Home, Saroo Brierley - Coggle Diagram
A Long Way Home, Saroo Brierley
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How do different non-fiction genres shape our understanding of a topic through perspective, bias, and selective storytelling?
"My mother decided against seeking a divorce, although she could have done so under Islamic law, having been abandoned by her husband. She remained married to my father even though he no longer lived or supported her" (Brierley 218).
This evidence showcases selective storytelling by Saroo talking about his parents problems, but not having any dialogue from them. Readers do not get their opinion at all. This matters and deepens the understanding of the EQ because readers never get to know what Saroo's parents' relationship was actually like. It is told from Saroo's perspective and some information may have not been shared by him. This also shows bias because he talks more highly of his mother than his father as well.
"When Mantosh first arrived, he didn't seem completely sure of what adoption meant--he didn't seem to understand that his move here was permanent" (Brierley 118).
This passage represents selective storytelling because Saroo yet again talks about someone else's story without getting input about their own life. In this example he is talking about his adoptive brother Mantosh, and that Mantosh is having a hard time adjusting. The selective storytelling comes in because we never hear from Mantosh and if this was an accurate description of his life in Australia in the beginning. This passage deepens the understanding of the EQ and is significant because it presents selective storytelling in Saroo's book.
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