Family Fiction-The Stories We Tell...Embellishments Lesson 23
Embellishments-a detail, especially one that is not true, added to a statement or story to make it more interesting or entertaining... Stripped of her embellishments, the essence of her story and actual facts were disappointing. She claimed to have run 4 marathons last year but actually only ran one marathon and 3 10K's. saga: a long story of heroic achievement, a long, involved story, account, or series of incidents The saga of my mother and father's engagement began when my parents where three years old. They claimed that they fell in love when my father hit my mother with a rock at the age of three. My father said the my mother's three brother's tried to beat him up after witnessing the incident. (saga's are especially related to medieval prose narrative in Old Norse or Old Icelandic stories-Vikings) "Humans are storytelling beings who personally and collectively, lead storied lives. The study of stories provides insight into how individuals and families