Narrative as Reality. How do we perceive reality and how is it depicted in theories?

Essay from the year 2016 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 97, University of Colorado at Boulder, language: English, abstract: In this essay the role perception and/or memory play in our understanding of reality will be analyzed. How is this understanding accounted for or depicted in representations or theories about reality and what larger conclusions can we draw from this? Th...