What’s better hearing the truth from the person who was at the event or hearing it from someone that could have the event all mixed and unaware of what exactly happened? In this case of this passage, it’s better to hear an event from the narrator who was at the center of the event. In the passage “The Smell of Fresh Paint” it was told from Tina Beller who was the focus when the attack happened. In the passage “The Smell of Fresh Paint” TIna Beller was part of an attack involving barrages of rockets. She is writing a letter to her parents which she explains to them what happened how she’s ok physically but not mentally. Having the narrator tell what happened in this case is better because in the passage she knows her parents know what happened
