Truth And Reality In Bigfoot Stole My Wife And I Am Bigfoot

Ron Carlson’s short stories, Bigfoot Stole My Wife and I am Bigfoot, provide two different perspectives of a situation, in which readers can try to differentiate the truth from reality. The statement given describes that not every truth told is what actually happened, instead it is subjective to a person’s opinion of what is occurring and what they choose to believe. Reality on the other hand is objective, where it is not impartial to one side, separating what is created from imagination and what is real. Before reading these short stories that give insight that presents different viewpoints, I conclude that truth and reality were similar to each other. However, after realizing the concept of not always believing what you are told, and to question if it is a fact or what one thinks is true, I consider that truth and reality are …show more content…
The second short story, reveals how people create media that shows Bigfoot’s identity and habits. This is a mere truth of what Bigfoot is actually like as it comes from other’s truth about Bigfoot. An example is the edited photo that is made to look like Bigfoot standing in the stream located in Northern California. People who may see this photo might have think that this is the real Bigfoot as they are influenced by whoever made this false picture. They are exposed to one side of the story and believe that it is the truth, when reality it is fake. Bigfoot explains that he does not like to get his feet wet and that he does not enjoy the quiet atmosphere of Northern California, in which to show how you should not believe in everything you see. Readers are told by Rick to believe in everything that you hear, read and see, because everything is possible. This conception provides controversy as there are times where not everything is what happened, just like the Bigfoot picture incident or the fake