It was hard for me to believe when Professor Yocom said that “sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive.â€Â Needing to have stories more than the food that sustains life in the first place? I tried to think abstract about this, which is hard for me. A story is a tidbit of life, a snapshot. They are usually about someone, or something, living – or something personified as being living.  A story worth telling triggers emotions, related experiences, and most importantly: dreams. Little girls hear the story Cinderella and think the world is a perfect place where the young working orphan ends up with a prince. Guys will hear stories of warriors and soldiers and keep the dream alive that one day they may be just as strong in body and soul. The more I think about it, it seems that living vicariously though characters in heroic, tragic stories will give a person hope and strength. On the other hand, I would take food over Professor Yocom’s hook story. The goal of that story, and many others in my opinion, is to entertain and elicit a reaction.  Whether it’s “aw how sweet†or “that was freaky as hell†they always make you think. Why did this person do that, why this and that. It questions them, but it also questions ourselves, what we would do in that situation. A relatable character is important in my opinion very important in a story. Then again, there are stories about people who do bad things who get what they deserve. I also had qualms about when Professor Yocom said that folklore doesn’t have morals. They don’t have to have morals, but certainly, there is something to be taken away from it. This is a different topic though; perhaps I shall talk about it next time!