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I am Writing Blindly

I am Writing Blindly. Roger Rosenblatt. “Communication is the soul and engine of democracy”. Soul Often refers to our need for the imaginative nourishment that art, music, drama, and literature provide.

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I am Writing Blindly

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  1. I am Writing Blindly Roger Rosenblatt

  2. “Communication is the soul and engine of democracy” • Soul • Often refers to our need for the imaginative nourishment that art, music, drama, and literature provide. • May also allude to a moral code; stories such as those taught in children’s literature are often used to teach lessons about values and morals. • Engine • May refer to the rational aspects of communication; to the brain and its need for stories (communication) in order to grow to its fullest potential of intelligence. • Democracy • Allows the opportunity for an infinte number of stories to be told and heard.

  3. “It is human nature to tell stories.” or “We tell stories because we have to.” • Some deep need within us compels us to tell our stories. Ex. Those whose last act was to put pen to paper; “The impulse was in them, like biological fact.” • Rosenblatt cites Joseph Bruner’s theory: we are born with our stories in us, and we learn to use language so that we can share them.

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