Fiction Belongs In Education

Fiction Belongs in Education Fiction is not real, but it is a real life experience, situation, and story that the reader can relate and learn from. “Fiction, because it is not about someone who actually lived in the real world, always has the possibility about being oneself”(Orson Scott Card). Fiction makes the reader become the main character or actor in a story who goes through and overcomes obstacles that are seen in everyday living and society. As readers we learn from fiction and some use fiction in real life.The main work used is a piece of fiction that is the first novel of a trilogy named Crank written by Ellen Hopkins. This novel is about a highschool girl named Kristina and her alter ego Bree going through life as a teenager who becomes …show more content…
Bree is the side of Kristina she never thought she had, and Bree does drugs and falls in love making all the wrong decisions that lead to consequences. We seen a young girl go from being smart, kind, sweet and innocent change into a outgoing, looking for trouble, always trying to get high, dangerous girl. This essay will show the importance of fiction from the story along with research about why it is necessary in education. Fiction needs to be included in the curriculum because it gives readers a new perspective on real life situations and teaches readers what bad choices and decisions can lead to, showing them what they shouldn’t do. Fiction also gives us a chance to be in the character’s situation and decide what we would do, learning more about ourselves. The message of this book is that peer pressure can lead to a path of destruction from the choices that you made, which will change your life forever making you someone you're not, close to a point of no return. Peer pressure is relevant because we see kids in society influenced by peer pressure who end up making the wrong decisions that go against morals, values,