 The General in His Labyrinth also confronts the methods of official historians by using an oral style of narration . The narration can be considered an oral account in that it is woven from the verbal interactions of everyday people . Alvarez Borland explains that the advantage of this technique , as discussed by Walter Ong , is that " the orality of any given culture , residing in the unwritten tales of its peoples , possesses a spontaneity and liveliness which is lost once this culture commits its tales to writing . " The oral style of narration therefore provides a truthfulness which official history lacks . Alvarez Borland concludes that The General in His Labyrinth suggests new ways of writing the past ; it takes account of voices that were never written down as part of official history . 
 The General in His Labyrinth also <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>confronts</mark></a> the methods of official historians by using an oral style of narration . The narration can be considered an oral account in that it is woven from the verbal interactions of everyday people . Alvarez Borland <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>explains</mark></a> that the advantage of this technique , as discussed by Walter Ong , is that " the orality of any given culture , residing in the unwritten tales of its peoples , <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>possesses</mark></a> a spontaneity and liveliness which is lost once this culture <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>commits</mark></a> its tales to writing . " The oral style of narration therefore <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>provides</mark></a> a truthfulness which official history <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>lacks</mark></a> . Alvarez Borland <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>concludes</mark></a> that The General in His Labyrinth <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>suggests</mark></a> new ways of writing the past ; it <a href='uninflect' title='9'><mark>takes</mark></a> account of voices <a href='null_relcl' title='10'><mark>that</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='11'><mark>were</mark></a> never written down as <a href='negative_concord' title='12'><mark>part</mark></a> of official history . 
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