Sunday, January 23, 2022

HISTORICAL FICTION

 



 All history books are historical fiction.    Books are written by people and therefore reflect that person.    Every history has a point of view reflective of the author’s nationality, social leanings, religion, prejudices and imagination.

 

We seem to think what we would think

And know what we would know

Our thoughts are always prejudiced

To the way we want to go.

 

One of the greatest historical fictions is the Bible: A book written by superstitious, racist, sexist people who considered a wheelbarrow as cutting-age technology and believed everything they didn’t understand was magic.

 

To me, the greatest character in all historical fiction is Eve:

DON’T EAT THE APPLE

Why?

DON’T EAT THE APPLE

Why?

BECAUSE I SAID DON’T EAT THE APPLE AND IF YOU DO YOU WILL BE SORRY!

Fuck you.

 




We should hold up Eve as an example to our children: a young woman who opted for knowledge over ignorance, even at the threat of death.

 

the Ol’Buzzard

 

 


7 comments:

  1. I understand your point of view... to a point... but find it a bit harsh. As for Eve, just goes to show you that women see things differently.

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  2. Eve is another fictional person in the large group of non-identical fiction story collections referred to as "the bible".

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  3. Knowledge is definitely what kills religion

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  4. There are things to be said about Eve's attitude, that is for sure. And the little poem is so bang on. God hates the same people I do.

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  5. Not always total fiction. More like subjective accounts loosely based on limited facts.

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COMMENT: Ben Franklin said, "I imagine a man must have a good deal of vanity who believes, and a good deal of boldness who affirms, that all doctrines he holds are true, and all he rejects are false."