I have been hearing the word narrative thrown around a lot in the news and in counter-news articles.
umm, reality isn’t a storybook – so what does this even mean?
Note: I did a quick search about narrative first and found only [one relevant eli5](https://redd.it/b8utov), but I don’t understand it… so if we’re actually talking about the same thing then I need an ELI5 on their ELI5
In: Culture
Every story is told differently depending on who is telling it.
40-year-old American man living in Indonesia: “I felt trapped in the same routine, I realized I wasn’t really living my life. So I dropped everything, quit my job, got rid of my obligations, and took this overseas job. Now I get to see the world. I’m the man I always wanted to be.”
His ex-wife: “He hit his mid-life crisis, abandoned his wife and children, and left us with very little income and re-patriated to some island to dick around on a beach and fuck locals. He’s a deadbeat piece of shit.”
Both are accurate stories. They’re narratives of the same events, told with different perspectives and goals.
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