“Why Life Stories Change, Are We a Result of Choice or Circumstance?”

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“Why Life Stories Change, Are We a Result of Choice or Circumstance?” was partly inspired by the anonymous poem, “REASON, a SEASON, or a LIFETIME.”

      This book is a brief philosophical text to argue against a strictly deterministic, and hence limited, view of the universe. It is primarily presented as a reflective memoir. The idea that stories change depending on the teller is a familiar one. Still, the implications are significant when you realize that our identity and existence are built on a self-constructed narrative and that we change over time. The book raises some interesting and valid philosophical points about how these narratives shift over time, drawing on a text that is mainly autobiographical but still uses other sources.