We use present tenses in narrative fiction to make

the reader believe things are happening as they

read. This provides urgency and suspense.

Two white goats are on a large tree trunk over a mountain pass.
They both want to go to the other side – opposite to the
opposing sides they are currently on. However, neither one
wants to let the other one pass. After a few minutes, they lock
their large ivory-colored horns and fight. During the fight, they
both fall down tragically and die. Neither of them ended up on
the side if the mountain pass – or life – they had wished.

Moral: It’s better to yield than to come to misfortune.

We can also use the Present Simple to say what

happens in a film. For example :

I saw a great film last night. It’s about a wonderful woman who
lives in Vancouver with her husband, Brandon and two children,
Sean and Drew. She works in a bank in Vancouver, but she isn’t
very rich, and she has lots of debts. One day, she decides to rob
the bank. But things don’t go as planned.

We often use the Present Simple to tell jokes. For

example :

A grasshopper walks into a bar and orders a pint of beer.

The bartender says, “You are famous around here – we have got a
drink named after you.” And the grasshopper says, “Really? You have
got a drink called Steve?”
But I´m afraid it sounds strange to use the present for a biography!

He writes….. through the eyes of his son to gain a vision of his lost
childhood/ the childhood he never had.