Stories We Tell gave insight as to how everyone’s truth is different, and how these truths affect people differently. First, I want to write the disclaimer that I’m talking about personal truths here, like in Diane’s story, which affect only those involved directly or indirectly. Harry, the biological father of the filmmaker Sarah, asks ‘Can you get at the truth?’ And answers it with ‘I think you can get very close to it, but you have to limit it to those who were involved in the events’. This quote illustrates how truth is malleable. Harry laments that Diane is no longer around to give her side of the story, which is a problem as she is one of the only two people involved in the events. This makes the truth even more limited, to only Harry’s view. Truth is subjective as it is affected by memory. You could even say the truth isn’t real. Ask several people to recount an event and they are likely to all say something different. I think a better way of putting it is that everyone’s tru...