I cannot make myself understood. ‘I am not just a jock,’ I say slowly. Distinctly. ‘My transcript for the last year might have b
een dickied a bit, maybe, but that was to get me over a rough spot. The grades prior to that are de moi.’ My eyes are closed; the room is silent. How does the narration affect the narrator’s credibility in this excerpt?
When the narrator comments that he is slow, he makes an honest comment. His honesty shows him serious and genuine. behaviour.
When the narrator says that his transcript for the last year may have been dickied, he sounds annoying and disturbing. The slang he used makes him seem fascinating and youthful.
Hindisight bias refers to mindset that make a person beleive that a certain event is predictable even if they have no objective measurement to make the prediction. Hindisight bias generally created by either memory distortion or self fulfilling prophecies.
