Louis Andrei Zabala Litera210335625 07/11/05In A GroveThis is a story that provides the ultimate explanation of how two different people who witness a crime give completely psychological memories different from the same event. The author reminds us that the truth depends on the story. Someone needs to come forward and tell this truth. I believe that no matter how many times you read "In A Grove", there is not enough information in the story to uncover the truth about what happened on the day the samurai died , but it's always fun to sort through what you think you know for sure, what seems highly likely, what seems highly unlikely, and what doesn't fit into any of those three categories. But for me, “In A Grove” isn’t about searching for some kind of absolute truth – it’s more about how people perceive the same external event differently. Perhaps the best example in history of what I mean is the sword fight between the bandit and the samurai. The bandit perceived this as a heroic duel between two honorable and expert swordsmen, while the woodcutter saw two frightened and clumsy men stumbling around with swords in their hands as each desperately tried to prevail over the other by any means possible . In the end, you won't know who is telling the truth, who is lying, and most importantly, why. Yet the parable is perhaps more important today as a lesson about how we construct the narratives on which we construct the narratives. justice depends: what facts do we need to know to decide the truth? This issue makes the author's investigation also of concern to those who are now seeking justice from the GMA presidency. And it doesn't matter. The writer is not interested in truth, lies or anything like that. He is interested in reality, and the reality of human truth is that no one will ever really know it..