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Post by wireman on Jan 4, 2023 13:38:30 GMT
The discussion for today is The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce
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Post by wireman on Jan 4, 2023 15:58:45 GMT
A very interesting story about a murder told from 3 different points of view, father (the murderer), mother (the victim) and the son (witness to father's behavior). All three sides have some truth and some fiction and the reader gets the real story by putting together parts from the three stories.
I've seen a similar technique used in investigative documentaries where the interviewer interviews the parties and lets them tell their own side without challenging them and the viewer is able to filter out the lies or exaggerations by combining all the stories.
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Post by wolf on Jan 4, 2023 18:35:08 GMT
A very interesting story about a murder told from 3 different points of view, father (the murderer), mother (the victim) and the son (witness to father's behavior). All three sides have some truth and some fiction and the reader gets the real story by putting together parts from the three stories.
I've seen a similar technique used in investigative documentaries where the interviewer interviews the parties and lets them tell their own side without challenging them and the viewer is able to filter out the lies or exaggerations by combining all the stories.
Thank you.
(...not wanting to derail things here,
but last night during dinner I watched
Ridley Scott's "The Last Duel".
Excellent, sad and sordid historical story, and another great Scott film.
It has the 3 sides/parts thing going on.
All of it reminds me of something an old man I once knew used to say,
"There's two sides to every story, then there's the truth."
I think Bierce, King and many other authors have made good use this in a lot of their works. 😉 ) |
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Post by spideyman on Jan 4, 2023 18:39:20 GMT
Really enjoyed this story. The three viewpoints let the reader see the whole picture.Bierce leaves each of the characters a different place. It touches on the concept of selfishness of love, afterlife, and the unfairness of life.
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Post by wireman on Jan 4, 2023 18:42:11 GMT
A very interesting story about a murder told from 3 different points of view, father (the murderer), mother (the victim) and the son (witness to father's behavior). All three sides have some truth and some fiction and the reader gets the real story by putting together parts from the three stories.
I've seen a similar technique used in investigative documentaries where the interviewer interviews the parties and lets them tell their own side without challenging them and the viewer is able to filter out the lies or exaggerations by combining all the stories.
Thank you.
(...not wanting to derail things here,
but last night during dinner I watched
Ridley Scott's "The Last Duel".
Excellent, sad and sordid historical story, and another great Scott film.
It has the 3 sides/parts thing going on.
All of it reminds me of something an old man I once knew used to say,
"There's two sides to every story, then there's the truth."
I think Bierce, King and many other authors have made good use this in a lot of their works. 😉 ) |
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Post by wolf on Jan 4, 2023 20:48:41 GMT
I need to make time to read this one.
Thank you.
(...not wanting to derail things here,
but last night during dinner I watched
Ridley Scott's "The Last Duel".
Excellent, sad and sordid historical story, and another great Scott film.
It has the 3 sides/parts thing going on.
All of it reminds me of something an old man I once knew used to say,
"There's two sides to every story, then there's the truth."
I think Bierce, King and many other authors have made good use this in a lot of their works. 😉 )   😉
Sometimes people(characters) see and relay things through rose colored glasses (or dark grim glasses) knowingly, as it suits them and their agendas/goals. Then there are the other's that do so unknowingly, really believing in the way they see things. Then there are the ones who tell it like it is. Dragnet, "Just the facts, ma'am".
Ignore me. I'm just thinkin' out loud again....and Don't be encouraging me, Taco Man! 
(oh that reminds me of sumthin' ANNI! once said...) |
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Post by wireman on Jan 4, 2023 21:01:44 GMT
No, not you.  That's the title for the group of stories this was taken from. The theme of the stories is the unreliable narrator.
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Post by wolf on Jan 4, 2023 21:52:38 GMT
No, not you. That's the title for the group of stories this was taken from. The theme of the stories is the unreliable narrator.
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Post by wireman on Jan 6, 2023 13:18:23 GMT
For next Wednesday, we will continue with the unreliable narrator theme and discuss Hearts and Hands by O. Henry
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😉
That's the title for the group of stories this was taken from. The theme of the stories is the unreliable narrator.