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Thursday, October 10, 2013

Literary Fiction & Empathy

How can reading fiction help you understand others?  Use Hamlet as an example to explore your own thinking process and reactions to a character's innermost thoughts/struggles.

Reading helps you understand others because like the article stated, you can put yourself in to other shoes. You can feel and become emotionally attached to characters in literature books than nonfictional books because in nonfiction books characters are real, they are real human beings so readers can't feel or become attached to the characters like in literary books. In Hamlet, they are able to convey readers into their work of art. The difference is that the characters such as Bernado and Horatio were feeling scared, afraid, and ultimately curious about the haunting ghost of the King. At the same time, the audience/readers feel the same fear and curiosity as they read along. That's why reading fictional books allows people to understand others because of the characters inner thoughts and emotions. 


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