The power of true life stories

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𝓣𝓑𝓀𝓔 π“›π“˜π“•π“” π“Ÿπ“žπ“¦π“”π“‘

Stories have the power to captivate a reader – dazzle them into anger, or happiness or bewilderment. They grip the imagination, and can transport you into a different world.
β€œStories are important, the monster said. They can be more important than anything. If they carry the truth.” Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

Still, we all have that one friend who won’t read a book or watch a film if it isn’t based in reality. Why? Why does it matter if these stories are true or not? This blog article explores this very question.

𝕋𝕣𝕦𝕖 π•π•šπ•—π•– 𝕀π•₯π• π•£π•šπ•–π•€ 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕝𝕒π•₯𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖

Reading a fantasy novel about a heroic knight, brandishing his sword and embarking on quests to save x,y or z can be thrilling escapism and enjoyable to read. But it doesn’t have much relevance to modern life.

True life stories on the other hand, give people something to relate to, no matter how extraordinary the story is:
β€˜This actually happened to someone, you know. This could happen to you or me’.

Take Penguin Lessons, a true story published in 2015, in which an adventurous young teacher befriends a penguin he rescues from an oil slick in Uruguay. After naming him Juan Salvador, he transports him to an Argentinian boarding school. A series of improbable encounters (such as a Penguin becoming a swimming coach) take place, as the bond between man and bird deepens.
As a book, it appeals because although far-fetched and incredible, it actually happened. It gives you hope that something out of the ordinary could happen to you.

πŸ†ƒπŸ…·πŸ…΄πŸ†ˆ πŸ…ΈπŸ…½πŸ†‚πŸ…ΏπŸ…ΈπŸ†πŸ…΄ πŸ…΄πŸ…ΌπŸ…ΏπŸ…°πŸ†ƒπŸ…·πŸ†ˆ

π‘Ίπ’π’Žπ’†π’•π’Šπ’Žπ’†π’” π’Šπ’• 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔 π’Šπ’ 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆’𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒆𝒔. 𝑾𝒆 π’˜π’†π’“π’†π’β€™π’• 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 – π’‰π’π’˜ 𝒄𝒂𝒏 π’˜π’† π’Œπ’π’π’˜ π’˜π’‰π’‚π’• π’•π’‰π’†π’š π’˜π’†π’π’• π’•π’‰π’“π’π’–π’ˆπ’‰? π‘―π’π’˜ 𝒄𝒂𝒏 π’˜π’† π’π’Šπ’—π’† π’•π’‰π’“π’π’–π’ˆπ’‰ π’•π’‰π’†π’Šπ’“ π’”π’•π’“π’–π’ˆπ’ˆπ’π’†π’” π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ π’•π’‰π’†π’Ž 𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆 π’•π’‰π’†π’Šπ’“ π’‹π’π’š? β€˜π‘ͺ𝒂𝒏 π’šπ’π’– π’Šπ’Žπ’‚π’ˆπ’Šπ’π’† π’˜π’‰π’‚π’• 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’˜π’π’–π’π’… 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 π’π’Šπ’Œπ’†?’ π‘©π’š π’“π’†π’‚π’…π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆 π’π’Šπ’‡π’† π’”π’•π’π’“π’Šπ’†π’” π’Šπ’• π’ƒπ’†π’„π’π’Žπ’†π’” π’‘π’π’”π’”π’Šπ’ƒπ’π’†. 𝑰𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 π’“π’†π’Žπ’π’•π’† π’‡π’“π’π’Ž 𝒐𝒖𝒓 π’†π’—π’†π’“π’šπ’…π’‚π’š π’π’Šπ’—π’†π’” 𝒂𝒓𝒆 π’ƒπ’“π’π’–π’ˆπ’‰π’• 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 π’‰π’π’Žπ’†. 𝑾𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏’𝒔 π’‹π’π’–π’“π’π’†π’š π’“π’Šπ’ˆπ’‰π’• π’‚π’π’π’π’ˆ π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ π’•π’‰π’†π’Ž. π‘»π’‰π’Šπ’” 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒇 π’†π’Žπ’π’•π’Šπ’π’, π’Šπ’ π’”π’•π’“π’‚π’π’ˆπ’†π’“π’” 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 π’ƒπ’š 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆 π’”π’•π’π’“π’Šπ’†π’” 𝒐𝒓 π’‡π’“π’π’Ž π’‡π’“π’Šπ’†π’π’…π’” 𝒐𝒓 π’‡π’‚π’Žπ’Šπ’π’š. π‘©π’š π’”π’‰π’‚π’“π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 π’”π’•π’π’“π’Šπ’†π’”, π’Šπ’• 𝒄𝒂𝒏 π’ˆπ’Šπ’—π’† 𝒂𝒏 π’Šπ’π’”π’Šπ’ˆπ’‰π’• π’Šπ’π’•π’ π’”π’π’Žπ’†π’π’π’† 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆’𝒔 π’π’Šπ’‡π’†. π‘»π’‰π’Šπ’” π’“π’†π’‚π’„π’•π’Šπ’π’ 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 π’Šπ’ 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 π‘Ίπ’•π’π’“π’š 𝑻𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆 π’„π’–π’”π’•π’π’Žπ’†π’“π’” 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆 π’π’Šπ’‡π’† π’”π’•π’π’“π’Šπ’†π’”. β€˜π‘°β€™π’—π’† π’π’π’π’š 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒆 π’‡π’“π’Šπ’†π’π’… 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 π’Šπ’• 𝒔𝒐 𝒇𝒂𝒓…𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 π’”π’‘π’†π’‚π’Œ 𝒕𝒐 π’Žπ’†, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 π’†π’Žπ’‚π’Šπ’π’†π’… 𝒕𝒐 π’”π’‚π’š 𝒔𝒉𝒆 π’˜π’‚π’” 𝒕𝒐𝒐 π’†π’Žπ’π’•π’Šπ’π’π’‚π’β€™. π‘»π’“π’Šπ’”π’‰ 𝑨𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒍, π‘Ίπ’•π’π’“π’š 𝑻𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆 π‘ͺπ’–π’”π’•π’π’Žπ’†π’“.

πŸ†ƒπŸ…·πŸ…΄πŸ†ˆ πŸ†ƒπŸ…΄πŸ…°πŸ…²πŸ…· πŸ†ˆπŸ…ΎπŸ†„ πŸ…°πŸ…±πŸ…ΎπŸ†„πŸ†ƒ πŸ†πŸ…΄πŸ…°πŸ…» πŸ†ƒπŸ…·πŸ…ΈπŸ…½πŸ…ΆπŸ†‚:

True life stories can teach you about things you know nothing about. This could be about a person’s experiences that you didn’t know they’d had, a place β€˜I didn’t know that had happened there’, or an era that you weren’t a part of.

Her book, Into the Light, details the sudden change she experienced from a happy if somewhat impoverished childhood, to be cast adrift in the midst of the Sudanese Civil War. Her book is set against a backdrop of political unrest, and while it is her story, it is also the story of her country at this time.

Whilst Into the Light teaches you about Teresa’s life, it also gives insight into a wider area. True life stories have this power to teach us about people, places, the present and the past.

True life stories are important and it’s important that you tell yours!

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