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Because Of Winn Dixie

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Realistic fiction is a genre that consists of true or could be true events with fictional characters (Study.com). In other words, realistic fiction is an event that occurred to a fictional character, but could have happened in real life. Walt Disney once stated, “ I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter (QuotesTalk.net).” Facts about realistic fiction books are that they have real settings, a problem and solution, and the author does not use bias information. For example, the well-written and famous book called Because of Winn-Dixie, has a true background story, a difficulty and an answer. Also, the author does not use “I, me, my, or we.” Realistic fiction is …show more content…

The relatable subjects are the characters with factual feelings. Hence, why they're applicable, but have false names. Most of the events in a realistic fiction novel happened in real life. So at least one of the personalities will be close or identical to the reader. For example, in the book Because of Winn-Dixie there are many relatable characters; like India Opal Buloni (Dicallo 1), Winn-Dixie (1), the manager(2), Otis(143), Gloria Dump(100), and Mrs. Franny(100). Also, in the realistic fiction book Bridge to Terabithia, there are many comparable characters like Jesse Oliver Aarons jr. (Patterson 1), Leslie Burke (9), May Belle Aarons(1), Ellie Aarons(57), and Joyce Aarons(34). The most common book with similar subjects is the Bible. Some, and only some, of the people are Mary, David, Ruth, Naomi, Rachel, Solomon, Peter, Job, and Joel. To summarize, there are many people, protagonists and antagonists, that have relatable …show more content…

This means that since it is called realistic fiction, the author can stretch the outside information. Therefore, a non-fiction book won’t have the same imagination as a realistic fiction. Creativity and facts are easy to pick apart, just like apples and oranges. The part in Because of Winn-Dixie where they lose Winn- Dixie is creative because only a few people, if any, loses a dog that way. In the book Bridge to Terabithia one of the parts of creativity is when they build the bridge. It is not often when a bridge gets built like that(Paterson 118). In the Bible there is no parts of creativity, except humans. In clarification, the Bible is one-hundred percent true. God designed people in such neat ways, and talks to His people through the Bible, that His children are in the Bible, by the creation

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