TPO8 Integrated writing

In this set of materials, the article posits that memories that Chevalier wrote during his life isn't trust able and accurate enough and provides three reason of support. However, the lecturer finds all the ideas dubious and presents some evidence to refute them all.

First, the reading passage states that there are some evidence that prove Chevalier borrowed a lot of money from merchant while he was claiming he is rich. In contrast, the professor refutes this point by saying that Chevalier get a lot of money from gambling and parties. While he couldn't change his award of gambling to real money, he had to borrow money until his real money get accessible, thus this point can't prove that he was poor.

The next explanation uttered in the article is that conversations in the Chevalier records is not accurate because he wrote them long after the real meeting. On contrast, the lecturer explain that Chevalier used to writing exact phrases and sentences in the conservation every night for many years. Referring to this notes, he could access to great source for his writing, resulting to valuable memories.

Furthermore, the author of the reading passage asserts that Chevalier exaggerated about his story of escaping from prison in order to make his story more exciting. Conversely, the speaker claim that having a lot friends, Chevalier did escape from this prison. She mentioned that after his escaping the management of prison fixed his room, which indicates that they don't want anyone else to run away from prison.