Thursday, October 16, 2014

LITERARY FICTION AND EMPATHY

I know I was only supposed to read the article but when I read about the research, I could not help but look it up and actually take the quiz. First of all, I had no idea humans' eyes could be so expressive. If all of our face is covered except our eyes, we can still have a legitimate and as important of a conversation as with words. My result came out to be 29 out of 36. The average result of an adult is 26 out of 36. The result also said that the light of the screen I'm using, and also the Caucasian faces could affect me because it might be hard to recognize the emotions. I like the idea of the research where they use the literary works and techniques used by both fictional and non fictional writers. I think along with society, school, and influential people - such as parents, teachers, or friends - the books that an  individual reads also majorly affects or changes perspective. Since I'm reading Hamlet right now, I have a different definition of love, hate, sorrow, despair, betrayal, power, etc. and that affected me in choosing an answer. Along with that, my personal experiences going on in my life also affects the results. All in all, the exposure to the surrounding environment constantly changes a person's viewpoint.

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