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their own purpoSes. Of course, the people in Stories are not “Teal”in the
Ordinary senSe of the Word; a Story is not, like a biography, a factual record Of an actual persOn 5
1ife. Yet, fiction can seem more Tealistic and believable than fact, oftentimes, and a good Writer
can tell us many truths about life。_9 ,apiece of fiction can call upon the free play 0f the
author”s imagination, and 一妨our interests With suspense or humor. The writer's hand 1S
always behind the stoIy, arranging events, making things happen, beckoning the reader on to the
end.