Build community

It is evident stories help build community; just look at movie theaters, book signings, concerts these are all stories that we love and if you venture to any of these you'll meet people who love them to! Last year I went to The Hunger Games midnight premier with my friends. We knew  no one in our theater but we all had one common we loved the hunger games enough to be out late on a school night to watch the midnight premier. By talking about parts of the book and how interpreted the book and different parts and how we believed it would be portrayed in the movie we were able to connect with others in the theater about our ideas and their ideas. This is just one example but if you evaluate your life you'll be able to come up with many more. Our lives are built around the community we hang out with and believe it or not stories help build community.

Playground for language

A book that seems to be a playground of language for me as a child was There's a Wocket in my Pocket! by Dr.Seuss. This book is filled with end rhythms and alliterations that keep you interested and make the books more enjoyable to read. At the beginning of the book when he is trying to convince you about the animal in his house he states "And that zelf up on the shelf! I have talked to him myself.". Later in the book when he talks about all his friends at his house he says"...Like the Tellar and the Nellar and the Gellar and the Dellar and the Bellar and the Wellar and the Zellar and the Cellar.". These are just two examples of the word play Dr.Seuss uses to keep his audience entertained and one of the many reasons as a child I enjoyed his books.