The Creative Evolution The article “Your Brain on Fiction,” by Annie Murphy Paul, states that there is a distinct relationship between the stories we read and the way they stimulate our brain. Furthermore, Author Sam McNerney published the article “Is Creativity Sexy? The Evolutionary Advantages of Artistic Thinking,” which links human progression to our creative thinking. Both authors are successful in making one concerned about the relationship between the creative stimulation in our brain and how one acts in life due to it. For example, Sam McNerney explains that creativity is an essential human trait that progressed the human race.
Ethan Harwood, a man of age forty, stood in the middle of the science facilities wearing a long white lab coat which draped across the floor. Ethan hated his job, manufacturing an artificial virus which controls the subconscious minds of people, but he was forced to by the Health Organisation. He decided that tonight he was finally going to escape with a group to try and save the town of Blackdale. As he walked home through the polluted air, he could not see the end of his nose, his pitch black hair and dark brown eyes almost made hime invisible at night. As soon as the purple contaminated sun had set and the tall industrialised buildings had turned out their lights, he gathered a group of people to start a revolution, the Defiant.
“The story is a machine for empathy. In contrast to logic or reason, a story is about emotion that is staged over a sequence of dramatic moments, so you can empathize with the characters without really thinking about it too much. It is a really powerful tool for imagining yourself in other people 's situations.” This quote from author Ira Glass perfectly encapsulates the experience many readers enjoy, by getting lost in one 's own imagination. This experience is invaluable, especially when creating visual depictions of stories for public consumption.
Science has proven that reading can provoke positive changes in us as human beings. Annie Murphy Paul is the author of the article ‘Your Brain on Fiction’ published on March 17, 2012. Annie explains how researchers have discovered that reading can initiate different parts of the brain, this is the reason why sometimes literature can make the reader so engaged and attached to a piece of writing. Research also explains how reading has the ability to produce activity in our brain’s motor cortex. Finally, Annie explains how reading fictional pieces can change how you interact with other individuals.
The death of Jackson Teller did not come as a shock. While many mourned for the man inside and outside of the cut, many were not phased. Many went on with their day to day business.
Drew was having a normal day, tracking down bandits, wearing his big duster coat and cowboy hat. He saw one and fired! He missed the bandit and Drew began to chase him. He heard a man yelling behind him. This is how it all started.
Storytelling Morals make a story purposeful and meaningful but sometimes these stories are not always true. This makes it hard for someone to know which stories to believe and not believe. Events, their retellings, and their true meanings are the main focuses of Malcolm Gladwell, Beth Loffreda, and Tim O'Brien's essays. In Gladwell’s paper, “The Power of Context: Bernie Goetz and the Rise and Fall of New York City Crime”, he writes about the changing of the fine details which changes the crime that Bernie Goetz commits.
How did we become a human? That is the question that is trying to be solved. It is mental to think about how the humans are a prolonged and more developed member of the great ape family. We have evolved into a more mature and sophisticated species that yearns to share our personal stories. Jonathon's Gottschall's preface, The Storytelling Animal, starts with scientist believing if monkeys were left in a room with a computer they would eventually write hamlet word for word.
Ted Clifton – Telling Stories About People Ted Clifton is a man of many talents, including investment banking, entrepreneurship and art. He eventually also developed his writing craft and the result is The Bootlegger’s Legacy, a gritty tale set in the early 1950s. Today we talk to Clifton about discovering his passion for writing, his knack for vivid character descriptions, and what it is that drew him to the story.
Fredric’s narrative is very captivating, it tells a great story through a truly insightful man. However the majority of his life outside of his narrative is unknown to most of his readers. The information that is given on the back off the book is very brief and not descriptive.. Most of the people who read the back want to know more about his life after his narrative and truly understand the character of Fredrick Douglas.
The Explorer’s Tale One day there was a nice explorer who wanted to look for some friends who weren’t scared of going on an exhibition. Along the way, she met a confused athlete who didn’t know where he was. Next to him was a smart detective and a small dog who didn’t have a home. Together they could do anything. “I want to tell a tale,” said the explorer.
Reading fiction helps a reader develop empathy, allows a reader to explore different viewpoints and helps the reader to learn social skills. One of the most powerful effects of a fiction story is its ability to make people empathize with its characters. When reading a fiction story, the reader has been following the conflict and has witnessed the effect of the conflict on the character and are therefore more empathic
In “The Storyteller” Saki uses figurative language and the tone of one of the characters to create a powerful voice. In “The Storyteller,” an Aunt is telling a story, to the children she is watching, about being good, but a bachelor on the train disagrees with how her story ends and he is challenged to tell his own story. When the bachelor is telling his story about being good he states, “She kept her clothes clean, learned her lessons perfectly, and had beautiful manners. In fact, she was horribly good”(100).
Question Discuss Toolan’s view that storytelling is a ‘core human activity’ which is directly connected to the ‘making and remaking of our identity and our relationships’ (2006, p. 76 & p. 54). Storytelling is a core human activity related to identity and relationships Para 1 Discussion of the nature and importance of spoken narrative in general. Every day, we speak and communicate with others through the act of telling story. Toolan (2006) says narrative or story is a ‘core’ structuring form, found in major literary genres, such as novels and short stories, folk tales, fairy tales and epics, as well as in other art forms, both verbal and non-verbal, such as pictures and film, ballet and mime, etc.
Written works tells us about our past, present, and future. Literature painted the image of the past of our ancestors, how they lived and what they’ve done. Literature teaches us about ourselves, and the universe surrounding us in the present. Literature predicts the upcoming events and gives us wings to fly into the unknown future. These are the powers written words can give the writer and provide the
