You See I Was Right ! By Laura Bohannan

Written storytelling provides a clear message and theme. However, oral storytelling allows for the creativity of new minds, adding their own experiences and meaning to the story. Oral storytelling also provides connection between others, passing stories to one another. Therefore, oral storytelling provides a better advantage for a culture compared to written storytelling. The creativity of new minds, adding different experiences and meanings to a story is a vital advantage to oral storytelling. It allows for more people to connect to the story and find reason to value it. Rather than written storytelling, in which the story never changes and never loses its single meaning, oral storytelling allows explanations to be changed and for different

We, who are elders, will instruct you in their true meaning”’ Oral storytelling allows for the connection between people who share their stories and experiences. Oral storytelling must be passed from person to person, in which these people will connect and bond with one another through the stories they share. In Laura Bohannan’s essay, one of the elders from the African tribe was very involved in the story and bonded with Laura over it.“‘You see, I was right!” exclaimed the elder. “That was a very good story,” added the old man,’” Oral storytelling is vital for the survival of stories and ensures they live on through the memories of people, rather than a perishable book. While stories will die with the storyteller, as long as they pass their stories to others, they live on in the memories of others. The best example of the consequence of not taking advantage of oral storytelling is the burning of the Great Library of Alexandria. It is believed anywhere from forty thousand to four hundred thousand books and pieces of literature were lost in the burning. All of which could have been prevented had these pages been passed