{"id":2371376,"date":"2015-11-05T10:01:28","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T16:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/?p=2371376"},"modified":"2023-01-06T22:28:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T04:28:36","slug":"story-teaching-us-to-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/blog\/story-teaching-us-to-see\/","title":{"rendered":"Story: Teaching Us to See"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brynn Fitzsimmons, Guest Contributor<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why do stories matter? To those of us who are writers, that\u2019s easy. Stories are our lives.\u00a0Often it seems like the worlds in our minds are more interesting than reality.<\/p>\n

But what about those who don\u2019t talk to the voices in their head and may not have the\u00a0slightest clue about the significance of the Black Pirate of Doom? Are stories still important?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes.<\/p>\n

In a class on adolescent literature last semester, I read an excellent book, Reading\u00a0Between the Lines: A Christian\u2019s Guide to Literature<\/em>, by Gene Veith, Jr. Veith used a pair of\u00a0metaphors that struck me as perfect for describing exactly why literature matters to society in\u00a0general<\/strong>: literature is a mirror, and a lamp.<\/p>\n

The Mirror<\/h3>\n

Literature is a mirror. What do mirrors do? They reflect you as you really are. Likewise,\u00a0stories are capable, like nothing else, of reflecting the fallen state of the world<\/strong>. Writers like\u00a0Charles Dickens and Nathaniel Hawthorne are famous for using their stories as\u00a0mirrors\u2014portraying the darkness of their societies through memorable characters and\u00a0compelling plots. Through stories, they could point out the flaws in even the most powerful\u00a0leaders of their day without directly accusing them. After all, The Scarlet Letter<\/em> was just a story, right?<\/p>\n

The Scarlet Letter<\/em> painted a stunningly accurate picture of the world in which Hawthorne\u00a0lived\u2014a world filled with hypocrisy and double standards. Hawthorne\u2019s audience went about\u00a0their daily lives in such a world, completely oblivious to its flaws. Hawthorne\u2019s stories gave\u00a0them a mirror<\/strong> so they could see what their world had become. He didn\u2019t come out and say their\u00a0culture was messed up. He set a story\u2014a mirror\u2014in front of them, and showed<\/em> them that it was.<\/p>\n

Human beings can be so good at hiding that they hide from themselves, which is why we\u00a0need<\/em> literature to show us who we are. For example, William Golding\u2019s The Lord of the Flies<\/em>\u00a0tells a shocking tale of the levels of depravity to which a group of stranded boys sink while\u00a0abandoned on an island. The most disturbing part of the book, however, is when you, the reader,\u00a0realize that these boys are not so very different from yourself<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The book presents a disturbing truth: if we looked long and hard into the mirror, we\u00a0would see a shocking depth of darkness lurking within. Story can do the long, hard looking for\u00a0us, and reflect back to readers the common traits of humanity<\/strong>\u2014the best and the worst.<\/p>\n

Of course, if literature only reflected true reality, it would be just depressing most of the\u00a0time. After all, when stripped of all its glittery trappings, the world is a bleak place. Thankfully,\u00a0literature is also a lamp. That is, it also shows the world as it can be<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Lamp<\/h3>\n

Literature sheds light on the world\u2019s potential. Veith compares literature in this sense to a\u00a0lamp, explaining, \u201cLiterature as a lamp projects what is in the mind into tangible forms.\u201d What\u2019s\u00a0the purpose of a lamp? To light the way before you, right? Literature is the lamp that thrusts hazy\u00a0hopes and dreams into concrete relief<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the lamp that lights humanity\u2019s way forward. Most people have a vague idea of a\u00a0better tomorrow, a kinder world, a brighter future, but very few can articulate what that world\u00a0actually looks like<\/strong>. Fewer still could describe how to achieve such a world. Stories, however,\u00a0present both what and how with ease.<\/p>\n

For example, the legends of King Arthur paint a picture of a world with chivalry, honor,\u00a0justice, and higher purpose\u2014all values our modern society severely lacks. The idea of living\u00a0with honor, or chivalry, or any similar trait, is a vague concept at best, yet in literature it is\u00a0crystal clear. The pleasure of the story lets the underlying ideas and values jump off the page<\/strong> and\u00a0into the minds of readers everywhere, and from there, hopefully into their society as well. In this\u00a0way, literature shines a lamp into a darkened world.<\/p>\n

Just as literature reflects humanity at his worst, so it can also illuminate all that humanity\u00a0could be, if only they would believe, or have courage\u2014or whatever values the story happens to\u00a0be presenting.<\/p>\n

Fantasy in particular is famous for painting a picture of a better existence, because even if\u00a0a fictional world exists only in the imagination, it can still provide insight into how things ought\u00a0to be. This is where literature does what other forms of communication can\u2019t: it makes a\u00a0potential future tangible<\/strong>\u2014it offers a path you can follow.<\/p>\n

My favorite example of literature as a lamp is probably C.S. Lewis\u2019 The Chronicles of\u00a0Narnia. The children meet Aslan\u2014a figure of Christ. As a kid, Aslan gave me a concrete picture\u00a0<\/strong>of the otherwise vague concept of a personal relationship with an unseen God. That relationship,\u00a0and what it should look like, became clearer to me. The children loved Aslan. They called to\u00a0Him when they needed help. They were heartbroken to displease Him (remember Lucy, in The\u00a0Voyage of the Dawn Treader<\/em>, when she read the spell so that she might spy on her friends from\u00a0school?). Far from a vague concept, their relationship with Aslan was very tangible and real<\/strong>, like\u00a0a relationship with a person. And, at the end of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader<\/em>, Aslan explains\u00a0that the children must learn to know Him by His name in our world\u2014not so hard a task after\u00a0having known Him in Narnia.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve done the OYAN curriculum for very long, you remember Mr. S.\u2019s question at\u00a0the beginning of every lesson: \u201cWhy do we look for truth in books?\u201d This is why. Literature is a\u00a0lamp to light the path of humanity going forward. It doesn\u2019t just tell us what to do. It shows<\/em> us.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scripture, truly the greatest Story ever told, actually refers to itself as both a mirror in\u00a0James 2:23\u201324, and as a lamp in Prov. 3:5\u20136. More perfectly than anything we could hope to\u00a0create, Scripture shows us who we are, and who we can become.<\/p>\n

We can do the same with our stories. As human beings, created in the image of God, we\u00a0\u201cthink God\u2019s thoughts after Him,\u201d as one of my professors is fond of saying. There are many\u00a0ways to do that, but there\u2019s something special about how literature goes about it. Think about it.\u00a0Isn\u2019t it funny that the one thing that tells us the truth about a fallen world, but tells also of the\u00a0Truth that can save it, is a book? Is it an accident that of all the mediums God could have chosen\u00a0to convey His mind to humanity, He chose a work of literature<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

I guess there must be something special about stories.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

Have you read any books that have been a mirror for you? What about a lamp?<\/em><\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

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Brynn (right) with Tineke Bryson at the 2015 Summer Workshop<\/p><\/div>\n

About Brynn<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brynn is a senior Humanities Letters major\/writing minor at Maranatha Baptist University in Watertown, Wisconsin. She is looking forward to where God will take her in writing after graduation, and someday she hopes to teach in a college classroom. She recently realized she needs to get another hobby besides writing, but has yet to find anything she loves as much. However, she does enjoy reading, playing the violin and the harp, and watching Lord of the Rings and Marvel films with her sisters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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