Storytelling
Storytelling is a form of entertainment that is found in every culture. The Thousand and One Nights dates as far back as the ninth century and comes from the Arabic and Islamic cultures. In the book there are numerous stories joined into one that were told through improvisation. These stories purposes were to teach a moral lesson.
In the New York Times, “An Israeli Novelist Writes of Pain, Private and Public”, is an article that is similar to storytelling. Rather than the author, David Grossman, telling his story to a crowd he wrote his moral lesson instead. “Mr. Grossman referred to the importance of home…” (NY Times C6) and wanted to express in his personal experience how important family is.
The purpose of David Grossman’s story was for a structure of therapy. He needed to see his family tragedy at a distance and try to cope and understand it. This is unlike King Shahrayar who did not have a healthy form of therapy. “He then swore to marry for one night only and kill the woman the next morning…”(B531) This was done “…in order to save himself from the wickedness and cunning of women…” (B531). Ultimately this only buried his feelings and did not solve them correctly.
David Grossman ended his interview by saying “It’s about the major fact of my life now,” he offered, cautiously. “In other countries you can create distractions. Not here.” (NY Times C6) This statement was alluding to him moving forward and coping with his unfortunate incident.
Works Cited
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/17/books/17grossman.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper
Bronner, Ethan. “An Israeli Novelist Writes of Pain, Private and Public”. The New York Times. 17 November 2010, NY ed.: The New York Times The Arts C1 and C6.
