How Does Literature Build Empathy?

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Reading literature builds empathy. Empathy is important in our daily lives in many different ways. (Be sure to specify about “many different ways) One way this effects our lives is of course, understanding of feelings. Being able to understand other people and the way they feel builds stronger relationships, a larger social “bandwidth.” Feeling empathy could also be the same as feeling compassion and sympathy. Sometimes you may feel so much for one person it will actually effect the way you literally feel. There are many different types of empathy. For example, let’s say your best friend has had a bad day and feels sad, and you start to feel the same way. That can be defined as emotional empathy. Or there is compassion empathy, which is instead …show more content…

A diverse team work may turn out to be better than a group of similar people with similar skills. By having a variety of people, you will hear different ideas and people will have different skills which may be way more helpful than working with people with very similar mindsets and imaginations. Plus, you can build those relationships as well! Personally, I believe talking to people boosts my mood and makes me a happier and brighter person. Feeling empathy would help me builds those relationships, and help me become a happier, cheerier version of myself. One way reading can help us with our empathy skills is by getting our emotions attached to it. Now I don’t know about you, but through my experiences of reading I tend to have my emotions get involved with the book. What I mean by this is I usually have a favorite character, and I get excited and light up when something good has happened to them. I may even have a certain dislike for someone, or even a hope for romance between two characters! Books can make me feel more than emotions than some people can make me feel sometimes. When something goes wrong in a book I’m reading I occasionally experience actual pain or hurt just from

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