Roger Rosenblatt We Are A Narrative Species We Exist By Storytelling
Roger Rosenblatt says “we are a narrative species, we exist by storytelling – by relating our situations – and the test of our evolution may lie in getting the story right.” It is basic human nature to tell stories, we write in the hopes that someone will read it and find a way to connect with it.
Storytelling is therapy, when writing there is always someone who can listen to the story you have to tell. Whether it be a black chamber of a submarine or a piece of paper tucked in the bullet hole of a wall. Writing out what you see, what you feel, what your heart desires, is similar to a waterfall. The words will keep flowing, much to Rosenblatt’s statements, there will always be stories to tell, humans will always find ways to tell their stories. …show more content…
With the flick of his eyelid, Bauby proceeded to write his autobiography. Rosenblatt is correct, humans are a narrative species, what comes and goes, there will always be a story to tell. Rosenblatt believes that “we are all writing blindly,” in the sense that, even with the distraction from the outside world, humans will always tell stories that live within them, stories they have experienced, or are experiencing; “We use this freedom to break the silence, even of death…in the depths of our darkest loneliness,” (Rosenblatt 2000).
Humans have the infinite freedom to write, no one is able to take that away. Rosenblatt quotes “communication is the soul and engine of democracy” in the means that democracy is the freedom to write infinitely, generation after generation. The soul is the constant need of reassurance that the arts provide, whether it be literature or music. As psychologist Jerome Burner says “children acquire language in order to tell the stories that are already in them” (Rosenblatt 2000). The soul of democracy is the stories that teach moral values and respect to young children. The engine of democracy is the need for storytelling, the engine of storytelling that gets our brain working and thinking. What compels us to tell stories is the thrill and the fragment of hope that maybe someone will find it, read it and make something out of it. A lesson or an essay as with Kolesnikov’s “I am writing blindly” (Rosenblatt 2000)
Storytelling is therapy, when writing there is always someone who can listen to the story you have to tell. Whether it be a black chamber of a submarine or a piece of paper tucked in the bullet hole of a wall. Writing out what you see, what you feel, what your heart desires, is similar to a waterfall. The words will keep flowing, much to Rosenblatt’s statements, there will always be stories to tell, humans will always find ways to tell their stories. …show more content…
With the flick of his eyelid, Bauby proceeded to write his autobiography. Rosenblatt is correct, humans are a narrative species, what comes and goes, there will always be a story to tell. Rosenblatt believes that “we are all writing blindly,” in the sense that, even with the distraction from the outside world, humans will always tell stories that live within them, stories they have experienced, or are experiencing; “We use this freedom to break the silence, even of death…in the depths of our darkest loneliness,” (Rosenblatt 2000).
Humans have the infinite freedom to write, no one is able to take that away. Rosenblatt quotes “communication is the soul and engine of democracy” in the means that democracy is the freedom to write infinitely, generation after generation. The soul is the constant need of reassurance that the arts provide, whether it be literature or music. As psychologist Jerome Burner says “children acquire language in order to tell the stories that are already in them” (Rosenblatt 2000). The soul of democracy is the stories that teach moral values and respect to young children. The engine of democracy is the need for storytelling, the engine of storytelling that gets our brain working and thinking. What compels us to tell stories is the thrill and the fragment of hope that maybe someone will find it, read it and make something out of it. A lesson or an essay as with Kolesnikov’s “I am writing blindly” (Rosenblatt 2000)