Vincent Farino Outside reading

I believe that humans can relate and find their identification to these stories that we read about because of what Walter Fisher calls Narrative Paradigm. Fisher states, "(1) Humans are essentially storytellers. (2) The paradigmatic mode of human decision-making and communication is “good reasons” which vary inform among situations, genres, and media of communication. (3) The production and practice of good reasons are ruled by matters of history, biography, culture and character. (4) Rationality is determined by the nature of persons as narrative beings-their inherent awareness of narrative probability, what constitutes a coherent story, add their constant habit of testing narrative fidelity, whether or not the stories they experience ring true with the stories they know to be true in their lives. (5) The world is a set of stories, which must be chosen among to live the good life (pp. 64-65)." I believe this quote reveals why we can relate to stories in books and film especially these fantasy stories that C.S. Lewis has created.