So it should be treated as if it's just a load of BS?
Does this prove the author is also just a figment of our imaginations as well?
Was the book written with malicious intent to deceive in anyway, i wonder?
Just a rhetorical question, how could any of us possibly know how his mind works.
An autobiography tells the story of a life, while a memoir tells a story from a life, such as touchstone events and turning points of the author’s life. The author of a memoir may be referred to as a “memoirist.”
As I mentioned, Dreams discusses why it isn’t an autobiography in its preface and there are definitely invented characters and names are changed and invented.
A significant part of Obama’s pre-election political strategy was to remain hidden (the international man of mystery) on a personal level. That kept people talking about him and trying to uncover the facts, which kept him in the news, which helped build his name recognition among voters who don’t follow politics closely. He provided just enough personal information to keep people interested. I called it a “name, rank and serial number” strategy. If liberals wanted to take Dreams From My Father literally, that was fine with Obama. If conservatives wanted to call B.S., on the book (which was written 13 years before he decided to run for president) that was also fine with Barry, both ways, they’re still talking about “Obama.”
Was the book written with malicious intent to deceive in anyway, i wonder?
Of course it was written to deceive - to provide a faux life so he could run for President. And it was written by Ayers. Anything in there should be taken as fake unless there is other hard evidence from other sources.