Truth or Lie?

Vince Flynn speaking. Do you read me?

First, “ knowing it, and experiencing it, is two very different things (31).” You could know all the truths in the world, but that knowledge will not necessarily enlighten you to what actually happened. You will never know how you truthfully feel, unless you experience it yourself and develop your own personal perceptions. You people, as consumers are constantly fed information that is either fabricated or over generalized in order to be protected.

As an example, different cultures and places across the world have different meanings for things that coincide with their traditional beliefs. Someone from America might see something as threatening, but someone lets say from Afghanistan, might see that same exact scenario as something that is normal. This reinforces the idea that “there are two sides to every story (59)” and that is utmost necessary to seek to find the truth before acting on preconceived notions.

I illustrated in the novel the situation in which Hakim and Krim became defensive when they saw Ted and his young son on their lawn in bright orange apparel. This was because “in Afghanistan the Americans would drape their vehicles and positions in orange panels to reduce the chances of their own planes bombing them (71).” However, Ted and his son were just hunting. Hakim tried relentlessly to convince Krim that they were not there to harm them, but Krim wouldn’t trust that until he experienced it himself. According to Wolf, “ each culture, identifies its own national enemy…once an enemy has been identified, the elites create myths inflaming the fears that the population begins to suffer from in relation to this “other” (37)”. Hakim and Krim had been taught from their country to fear these representations, but once they personally encountered these myths they soon came to realize the truth.

In conclusion, I write this novel in order to illustrate for people all over the world to realize that in everyday situations it is important to seek to understand the truth. What one is told may completely be wrong when you personally experience it.

Well, goodnight now.