But the story of the Prodigal Son can make us feel and know what it is . Filiatreau's logic contains an alluring blend of psychological truth and Biblical error. Stories, like images, have power to stir feelings and guide the understanding. Grounded in emotions rather than fact or truth, it can be altered or modified by the next well-told story. For it s not only biblical parables that move us to action.
Modern novels can too, both culturally and individually.
The world of imagination and fantasy creates sensory and virtual experiences that plants memories and stirs all kinds of desires and choices. That's why Harry Potter does lure kids to witchcraft . At this point, the article takes a strange turn. Unlike prophetic parables, Uncle Tom s Cabin, and What Must Be Done, they are not very earnest enterprises. And even if they do plant seeds, the news is not all bad.