Is the Witness Telling the Truth?

As I had said in my last blog, I am reading the book, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, by Gabriel García Márquez. Throughout this book, the characters are unable to remember what they had witnessed on the day of Santiago's death. This angered me because I was so eager to find out the truth. 

 Last week, our English teacher staged a scene with one of his colleagues. Although we did not know that this was staged as it was happening, we did pay attention to some parts. None of us really noticed any of the smaller details but we did hear what they were talking about. After his colleague left, our teacher made us answer some questions. I was very confident with my answers about what they were talking about during the staged scene. I was also sure that his colleague was wearing a blue jacket, as had many others in my class as well, even though this was not true at all. We found out that she was wearing a black leather jacket. This had shocked a lot of us. I realized that even though I may think I see something, it may not always be the truth. 

 After watching a video on the eyewitness testimony, I found out that our eyes trick us into believing something and that this happens to almost everyone. This video helped me better understand that our inability to remember some things can lead to severe consequences to innocent people due to the fact that innocent people may be accused of something that someone else did.

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  1. AnonymousMarch 12, 2019 at 8:01 PM

    I agree with what you said about even though you saw what happened it may not be true because I never realized it before this experiment.

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  2. AnonymousMarch 12, 2019 at 10:00 PM

    Great job Diana! You gave a great description of the experiment we did in English class that tested our memories. I agree that the video gave a detailed description on why we confused many details about the other teacher's outfit, increasing my understanding of why the characters in the book could not remember details about Santiago's death.

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