How Stories Help People Understand Or Take Action

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Stories are great to use when people do not understand a concept easily. They are especially nice to use when someone is facing a problem or issue and the only way to help them out is to tell them a story that is closely related to their situation.
Telling a story is almost like giving an example and letting them know that they are not alone, and other people have faced a problem like theirs as well. This helps them take action because stories provide a certain type of motivation that gets the job done.

A lot of stories are told as cautionary tales, where it warns the other person to stay away from something or someone specific. Many stories are anecdotal and are told from their own experience. These stories and experiences are not always accurate because they are personal experiences and the odds of it ever occurring again are slim, but sometimes people are able to relate to those stories.

Stories help express feelings because no one knows if there is a positive or negative outcome to the end of the story. It is very important to express feelings because then the person asks questions and that’s how you really get their gears grinding in their head. It is important to tell stories because this is how they take action in their lives. When you tell an interesting story, they will most likely make a change in the way they live their life. 

N.A. (2016). Helping Students Make Sense of News Stories About Bias and Injustice. Retrieved from: http://www.adl.org/education-outreach/curriculum-resources/c/helping-students-make-sense.html?referrer=https://www.google.ca/#.VuCAmvkrLZ4

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