The novelist cannot retain everything exactly as it is in "real life."

True or False?

I believe this is true.

No matter how great a novelist is, there are some instances from 'real life' that cannot be captured exactly as they are. A great novelist can come really close to doing that, but ultimately, it won't be a perfect representation of real life, and maybe it shouldn't be. It is a novel, which means that the novelist can manipulate 'real life' as much as he or she wants to.