The world is full of hierarchical binaries that are constantly struggling for power like man vs woman, whites vs the non-whites, oral language vs written text, among others. The competition of history and story as credible text has been one that has existed ever since humans have attempted to document the happenings around them. In present day, history is favored over story, for people believe that story is overly ornamented or is modified to portray a single side in order to provoke emotions from the reader. However, writers like Jack Hodgins and Thomas King in their books Broken Ground and Green Grass Running Water can be considered as revolutionists in undermining the hierarchical binaries that have been erected in society. Through a non-linear narrative and literary devices, these novels suggest that the difference between history and story is in reality miniscule. However, apart from the equality of history and story, the two novel’s ideas story can be called anything but similar-Broken Ground’s single dominating narrative and storyline is proof that this book is still greatly controlled by other stereotypical binaries, which is vastly different from Green Grass Running Water’s balanced narrative, in which every binary is overthrown. Although both novels are fundamentally stories, the arrangement of the stories themselves and certain features within the two novels makes them resemble that of a historical document, or at least a piece of prose with integrity. As mentioned above, stories often are enhanced with a plot, a climax, and a resolution, thus making it not as truthful as history. However, in Broken Ground, the story is structured so that the fire, which the reader views as the climax, does not signify the end of the story, but instead the continuance of one. This breaks free of the normal standards of creative-writing. Further along the “story” the reader finds out that the first section of the story is in fact not a story at all, but a record of what had occurred told firsthand by the survivors of the fire. In fact, the first part is anything but a story, rather, it can be considered as a primary source-the most trustworthy kind of history. Similarly in Green Grass Running Water, the story structure is organized in such a way so that the first page of the story can be read after the last page and the story would still flow naturally. This interesting feature might remind the reader of a famous phrase that further solidifies history’s close relations with story: “history repeats itself”. Even within the story itself, the quote “history repeats itself” is evident. The Four Indians go around helping the world, however what they do is repetitive to the point where Dr Hovaugh can predict where they go next. In addition, Green Grass Running Water introduces an “I” person, who overlooks the story telling, but whose identity r