This essay will not make much sense to anyone who eats their own poop. Like how any other metaphor can break down, so can this one, but only to those who eat their own fecal matter. Throughout Daniel Nayeri’s novel Everything Sad is Untrue (A True Story), he discusses many stories that center around poop and food. While these may be topics that are unexpected for a memoir of this kind, they are integral, as they serve as a metaphor for memories and the process of forgetting those same...