Comparison between fiction and non-fiction language usage

• Discuss the specific taboo event/action (and corresponding emotions/reactions) that the author chooses to “mask”.
• Discuss why this event is taboo and what the benefits are to using a minimalist/realist/stream-of-consciousness narrative to present such a topic.
• Next, explain the specific techniques each author utilizes in his/her process of disguising the taboo topics/ideas. Give evidence from the texts. (Consider using the “Elements of Craft” vocabulary)
• Finally, as a basis of comparison between fiction and non-fiction language usage, please find a real world example of each of the same taboo issues discussed in non-fiction instances (newspaper articles, textbooks, letters, memoirs, even personal accounts). Give specific examples of how the topics presented in a non-fiction context have a different tone based on their language. What is the result of such issues and events being discussed in a straight-forward, no-nonsense format?
• As a conclusion, you may consider creating a short overview discussing the pros and cons to each type of writing in discussing taboo topics.