Storytelling -- Why It Matters -- English II

Telling stories is one of our favorite pastimes. Everyday we either tell a story, listen to one, or see one. As a society, we consume movies, music, books, graphic novels, and plays with a voracious appetite.

Storytelling is important to people because it is a way for us to connect to one another. By relating experiences, either made up or real, we are able to learn, explore and better understand the world we live in as well as our place in it.

Origin Stories -- What They Are and Why They Matter -- English III

Why are we here? Why do things happen the way they do? What does it all mean?

These are questions people have been asking since the very beginning, I suppose. These are the questions that everyone will have to answer for his or herself at some point during a lifetime. Depending upon where a person is raised, who they connect to, etc., often determines how he/she will answer these questions.