Telling A Story That Stirs Emotion

Lacking a wider variety of stories on any given topic can lead to dangerous misconceptions and casual racism. In her TED Talk, The Danger of a Single Story, Ms. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, award winning Nigerian novelist and public speaker, uses personal encounters with the effects of a single story to normalize her experiences with her audiences so that they may internalize them and act upon them easier. Ms. Adichie's use of pathos, as well as her comedic tone and understanding of who her audience is makes it significantly easier for her to accomplish the aforementioned goal.

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Something that is evident in both Keating and Bandler’s speeches, and almost all the prescribed speeches is the process in which they speaker intentionally connects with the audience by making either themselves or their topic personable.

Everyone loves a good story. The art of storytelling has been around for centuries, either verbally or written down. Storytelling was used long ago to pass time, and is still used today as a main source of entertainment, whether it’s through books, television, or movies. The job of a compelling storyteller is to captivate an audience, keep them on their toes, and allow them to fully experience a different aspect of life. Nabokov defines a storyteller as one who entertains, creates mental excitement of the simplest kind, creates emotional participation, and allows the pleasure of traveling in some remote region in space or time. Al Capp is a storyteller according to Nabokov’s definition because in his story, “My Well Balanced Life on a Wooden Leg”, his narrative on how his life is affected with a wooden leg entertains the audience, allows the reader to emotionally engage with the story, and creates mental excitement.

Narratives have massive importance in the driving of big ideas about how we view our world. They use many different techniques, to either subtly or plainly plant ideas into our minds. The author can point out big problems in our world, and by making it relevant to the consumer, lead them to think more about what is going on around them. They can turn something that doesn’t make sense to someone and by changing something very simple, make it more relevant.

It is necessary to shape any movement with stories from everywhere. The more stories from insiders, the less abstract it is for outsiders. Many people underestimate the power of storytelling, nonetheless, it can touch others, even the least cognizant on the

Storytelling, in many ways, allows one to express their imagination through fanciful adventures and tales; thus, serving a purpose in terms of allowing an individual to cope with their tragedies, but also to entertain one another. In Yann Martel’s Life of Pi, and in Tim Burton’s Big Fish, the audience comes to realize that the conflict between fact and truth, combined with storytelling, are the central themes; it becomes clearer that facts have to be proven, whereas the truth is usually straightforward. These stories focus around the protagonists’ views, teaching the value, truth, and purpose of storytelling; in which, it is the pieces that collectively form the importance of storytelling. Storytelling allows the protagonists of both stories to cope with their struggles, and assists them in overcoming their adversities. It partly influences their decisions, and ideas; ultimately, changing their own perspectives in their struggles. Both show that stories can be incredibly meaningful and take on significant roles for the characters, which can be used to answer important questions about the truth.

Twenty multi-million business owner, Tai Lopez, took the stage at an independent Tedx Talk back in 2015. In the video, Lopez uses persuasive language to convince the viewers the significance of mentors. First, Lopez pulls the audience in my mentioning his grandmother, “My grandmother was born not too far from here in Berlin, Germany. She’s 96 years old, by the way and she said ‘Tai, tell them hello’’. By mentioning his grandmother, he is trying to get the audience to relate to him and make them feel more comfortable. Another persuasive method he uses throughout all of the video is pathos through his stories. An example of this is when Lopez is talking about how he found his mentor and how it lead up to him searching for one. He tries to engage the audience and to get them to connect to the story so he can influence them. Overall, Lopez is victorious in coaxing his audience by the sheer amount of persuasion that he uses.

The story “A Bag of Oranges” by Spiro Athanas tells about a poor family lived in the rotting slum and the boy in this family became a mature person from a childish kid. Because the boy’s father needs to pay his responsibility to his family and the people who he loved, so his rude behavior and act makes his son hate him for a short time. After the boy notice his family’s financial situation, then he realize it’s not easy be an adult to making life run in the society, and you would lose some important things while you are paying responsibility to your family, so he begin understand his father. When the boy know his father hit by a car, all his emotion spew out and make his act like an adult in the end of the

The power of storytelling can create connections between people and allow individuals to find their inner

Once there was a woman who told a story. However, she had more than just an entertaining tale to tell. She chose common images that everyone would understand, and she wrapped her story around them, and in this way she was able to teach the people . . .

Storytelling helps other people to emotionally connect themselves to the author so that they know they are not the only ones who are experiencing a painful or exciting experience, and are able to share the same emotions. It often helps other people to know what they should do in order to get over it when it comes to a painful experience. Maya Angelou’s I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings explores the life of Maya Angelou and the struggles she has been throughout her childhood to her adulthood. Richard Wagemese’s Indian Horse explores the life of Saul Indian Horse and the struggles he has been through after departing from his family. The power of storytelling can unfold questions which ask the audience of how and why are the events are unfold the

Many people tell stories to inform others about themselves. Throughout my life people in my family have told me many stories, and behind each story there is a purpose. The stories I was told growing up were about experiences that people in my family have had or things that I have done. These stories mean a lot to me because through these stories different family members reveal many things about themselves. They want me to understand their ideas, beliefs, or feelings about a certain subject. They want people to praise or admire what they have done or accomplished. Funny stories are told to humor or embarrass someone, usually me. Other stories express that we are not alone in the world, and there are other people,

They way stories are told may morph, but never will storytelling cease. From their people skills to their memories, there is no argument that storytellers possess boundless talent and intelligence. They were the first educators. And now, storytelling is a large part of everyday life. The news in the morning, the gossip throughout the day, the casual response to the casual “What’s up?” – It’s all a form of storytelling. Our lives are steeped in it. In almost every conversation a story is told. At every turn a story is born. So we all are storytellers, and the world is our audience, just waiting to hear the gospel leave our

Geoffrey Chaucer wrote the Canterbury Tales from the view of a pilgrim journeying with many other travelers who all had tales to tell. I believe that the stories told by the characters in Chaucer's book gives us insight into the individual spinning the tale as well as Chaucer as the inventor of these characters and author of their stories. There are three main characters whose stories I will be using as examples: The Knight's Tale, The Miller's Tale, and The Wife of Bath's Tale.