# Endnotes explained — Such Is Life

> Chapter companion for Such Is Life by Joseph Furphy.

## What happens

The author provides a brief note correcting a factual error regarding the ratio of sunlight to moonlight intensity, explaining his choice of the lower proportion due to a personal aversion to effect.

## Themes in this chapter

### The Nature of Truth and Narrative

The note highlights the author's concern for factual accuracy and the tension between truth and stylistic effect.

## Character check-ins

### Tom Collins

The author and narrator, who corrects a factual error in the text.

## Key lines

> The proportional intensity of sunlight to moonlight is subject to fluctuations, from many causes, and is therefore variously stated. The highest accepted ratio is 600,000 to 1; the lowest 200,000 to 1. A constitutional repugnance to anything savouring of effect prompted me to indicate the lower proportion. The error in the text unfortunately escaped observation. — T. C.

The ratio of sunlight to moonlight varies due to many factors, so different figures are given. The highest is 600,000 to 1, the lowest 200,000 to 1. I chose the lower number because I dislike anything that seems exaggerated, but I failed to catch the mistake in the main text.

_The author explains his deliberate choice of the lower ratio and acknowledges the error._

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