persuasive

Through stories, individuals learn that they can transform __________ into empathy.

sympathy

Stories act as __________ vessels that preserve and stabilise memory.

epistemological

Marcel Proust’s work __________ epitomises the transmission of embodied memory across individuals and generations.

In Search of Lost Time

Paul Ricoeur’s narrative identity posits that memory is a continuous act of __________.

emplotment

Without narrative, memory fragments into disconnected __________.

impressions

Toni Morrison’s novel __________ serves as empirical evidence of how storytelling exposes systemic injustices.

Beloved

Storytelling disrupts implicit bias by exposing __________ narratives.

counter-cyclical

Writers act as creators that champion the __________ of stories in shaping our humanity.

vitalness