Life of Writing

Miller-Frankfurt Reading Response

     Miller and Frankfurt both address the idea of truth as a way for the reader to understand the lifestyle of the writer, but have different ways of defining how the truth should be told. Frankfurt writes about how truth has to be objective facts no matter what the story may consist of. The context rather than perception determines how much truth is involved in a piece of writing that can tap into the universal truth that can be seen as a logical way of defining and reading truth. Miller on the other hand sees truth being defined by perception, where the perception of the self determines the truth that is revealed in works of autobiographies and even graphic novels. Miller wanted truth to be revealed in a way where the story is fresh and new for the reader, rather than having the cold hard facts given to the audience. Allowing the reader to see into the eyes of the writer should be the main target of how truth is revealed, because perception changes in everyone; the way someone is feeling to the moments following up to key events, this is how Miller wants truth to be defined as.