Smith doesn't set out to portray Orwell as unreliable but instead infers that autobiographical works are not completely precise. The quote from the question continues, "Cultural tropes and metaphors which structure autobiographical narrative are themselves fictive; and narrative is drawn by its own fictive conventions" (Smith 1990: 145). ... Another example can be seen through the character Bozo, who remains upbeat despite difficult circumstances. ... Smith continues, "Cultural tropes and metaphors which structure autobiographical narrative are themselves fictive; and narrative is drawn b...

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The examples given are private office practice, portable practice, practice in a large company, retirement home, day care center, or school. ... Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave. ... One of the best known fugitive slave narratives of the civil war period, this gives an autobiographical account of Douglass' life as a plantation slave in rural Maryland, his later life as a skilled ship's caulker in a seaport, and his attempts to flee to the north and leave slavery. The brief narrative is nonetheless detailed and selects incidents that give a taste of th...

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One theory could be that of an educational goal over a narrative one. ... For example, the beginning of chapter 2 includes the statement, "[the black man] is forced to take his outlook on all things, not from the view-point of a citizen, or a man, or even a human being, but from the view-point of a coloured man... Again, the reader finds yet another disruption of the narrative due to the author's intent to enlighten. ... His description of "the Club" extends beyond autobiographical account to express the physical, mental, and emotional forces present in the establishment. ... Here, not...

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