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The Power of Storytelling

From the perspective of The Secret Life of Bees written by Sue Monk Kidd

Storytelling is the most powerful form of human connection, so in this novel about self-discovery, Lily experiences first had the ways that stories allow us to understand how the world works, connect us to others, help us to form a personal identity, and ultimately how they can heal us.

Teaches us About how the World Works

Lessons

According to an article found in Scientific American, "[Stories] are simulated experiments in people-physics, freeing us from the limits of our own direct experience" (Bhalla par. 3).

Bhalla, Jag. “It Is in Our Nature to Need Stories.” Scientific American Blog Network, Springer Nature, 8 May 2013, blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/it-is-in-our-nature-to-need-stories/.

Connects us to Others

Connection

Stories allow us feel things like love, heartache, hate, acceptance without having to take on the emotional toll that would normally accompany those feelings if they were occurring organically.

Forms a Personal Identity

Identity

"In a weird way I must have loved my little collection of hurts and wounds. They provided me with some real nice sympathy, with the feeling I was exceptional. I was the girl abandoned by her mother. I was the girl who kneeled on grits. What a special case I was" (Kidd 278).

Kidd, Sue Monk. The Secret Life of Bees. Tinder Press, 2015.

Healing from Truth and Acceptance

Healing

Stories are an integral piece in self-discovery, but they can also be the very thing to get in the way of it. So when we are able to accept our truth and forgive ourselves for making mistakes, it will ultimately heal us.

What Really is the POWER of Storytelling?

Significance

USA, Girl Scouts of the, director. Storytellers: Sue Monk Kidd. YouTube, YouTube, 30 May 2013, www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhog09RsB94.

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