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I think you mistake the meaning of "educational" in this case. "Educational" needn't be only about dry information that's related to what you're writing about. At the heart of a story, there is a m...
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2019-12-12T21:57:25Z (almost 5 years ago)
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2019-12-08T09:25:29Z (almost 5 years ago)
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I think you mistake the meaning of "educational" in this case. "Educational" needn't be only about dry information that's related to what you're writing about. **At the heart of a story, there is a moral choice** , an ethical discussion. It's very rarely made explicit (and indeed, making it too explicit would often be considered "preaching"), but it's there. So a good story makes you think, consider how you view the world, maybe re-evaluate some ideas. In this way, it is educational. Consider _All Quiet on the Western Front_: it isn't about all the specific information about trench war. It's about how we see war in general. _The Lord of the Rings_ isn't about the info-dump on hobbits and Middle-earth (there's nothing educational _there_, since it's all fantasy) - it's about common people stepping up to the challenge.
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2018-07-18T09:00:06Z (over 6 years ago)
Original score: 6