Reflection 7

I agree with the point David Shields is trying to make through his book. I see him being the author of the book because he arranged the book into ideas. Even though the specifics of his ideas were from different people the arrangement and logic was his. Think about this when you write a paper you tend to cite then information that’s new or something that you do not already know, however there is stuff in that paper that is “Common knowledge” that people tend to already know that seem to be your idea. You wouldn’t take the time to site where you got that Idea from, even though a good chance is that that idea originated through a teacher or person around you. For example if I were to write a paper saying: Democracy was first founded by the ancient Greeks as a system that represents people however today we know that democracy is a government that “fairly and freely”(government book) represents people. In ancient Greece it was more the wealthy men who were represented.  The idea that the Greeks were the first people to have a democracy was not an idea that popped into my head, no it was something taught to me and after a while it just became a fact I know. Then new Idea was something taught to me as well but more recently. I sight the book because it’s a new idea and   do not site the teacher or book that taught me a bout Greeks because it’s common knowledge. What’s wrong with that? In my opinion nothing. Over time something one person may know is spread and you don’t have to site it that’s what David Shields is saying that all of the ideas he took from people but his usage makes it his words because of how he’s using them, in my paper I don’t have to site the source that about the Greeks because I rearranged it to be my own idea. That’s how is see non-fiction vs. Fiction, we don’t need to label something non-fiction or fiction because a non-fiction book could be not 100% your ideas or actions making it fiction, parts of it could be exaterated to hold a better story, that’s all. You could take a fiction work like Nicolas sparks and say that’s my story the note book is my wife’s actual story, and yet it’s still considered fiction. If titles were eliminated then people could better enjoy books, and not worry about picking out the truths.