An Olsen family myth, analyzed and with an exercise
I keep coming back to this phrase: “You can already see the problems this story poses for my family’s version.”
It’s so punchy and direct— it pulls me in as a fellow detective in this story.
This too: “Yet the family story was so specific! The dog, the sailor suit, the brother. Why make it up?”
It’s funny to me now that no one even thought of confirming the story while my dad or grandfather was alive. That too says something about its function --
I keep coming back to this phrase: “You can already see the problems this story poses for my family’s version.”
It’s so punchy and direct— it pulls me in as a fellow detective in this story.
This too: “Yet the family story was so specific! The dog, the sailor suit, the brother. Why make it up?”
It’s funny to me now that no one even thought of confirming the story while my dad or grandfather was alive. That too says something about its function --