What is the Truth?

True or False? I always thought I knew the difference between the two, but perhaps I don't anymore. After the an hour of philosophical mining for an answer to define truth and false, I realized that sometimes what is actually be false may at the same time seem so absolutely true. When discussing about the truths in the fictional novel The Things They Carried, I learned that the fictional stories  felt to be so truthful because of the strong and unforgettable emotions behind each individual story. Emotions is the magical potion that deceives the mind in believing that everything is real. Although Tim O'Brien may have never lived through the events in the book, no reader would argue that his emotions were false. Perhaps it is easier to understand if I explained this theory in terms of something that most people find entertaining and astonishing: MAGIC. As people grow in wisdom and knowledge, they realize that magic is just a trick of the eyes and mind. This skill is no magic nor is it in anyway real; it is all FAKE, all just an illusion. Perhaps that is the reason why so many people feel lied to when they experience it. But then why are so many people amazed or surprised when the trick is over; why are the younger audiences so compelled to believe that magic is real. Although magic is fake is it all so real simultaneously.

After all the thinking, I've come to believe that if people believe, then even the fake can become the truth. A lie that is told well could become the truth. What if Tim O'Brien didn't tell his audience that his stories were fake? What if he lied to us and maybe his stories are actually real? How would we know? What is the Truth?