In his article, David LaBounty claims that those who write children’s literature take on roles so that they can teach children how to lie and when to use lies in their lives. LaBounty uses several different examples of authors and their stories to show how they teach children about lying. Aesop’s fables, such as “The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf,” are the first stories that LaBounty uses to support his claim. Aesop’s fables are used to discuss how being honest is always better than lying and that lying can have negative effects on characters. After introducing Aesop’s fables LaBounty discusses how parents want their children to be honest, but that not all lies are bad. LaBounty then uses Astrid Lindgren’s character Pippi Longstocking to show how
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Frank Baum shows children how to correctly use a lie and that using too many lies is not necessary for survival. Baum does this by having the Wizard in his story lie so that he can be accepted by those who live in OZ and then showing how that has trapped the Wizard unless he leaves OZ. Baum also has the Wizard tell a lie as he leaves OZ and because of that, the Wizard could either be sparing those who live in OZ or he could just be unable to stop lying after he has grown used to it. The next character that is used to show how lying can affect people is Carlo Collodi’s Pinocchio. Pinocchio is a puppet who wants to become a boy and to do this he must learn how to tell the truth. LaBounty points out how instead of Pinocchio learning, to tell the truth, he learns how to tell the right kinds of lies. LaBounty also points out that by telling the truth Pinocchio is punished because the police are going to arrest him. Then at the end of the story, Pinocchio become a boy after he tells his father that he sees land up ahead when he does not see land. LaBounty claims that this teaches children how to become better liars and that not all lies that are told are harmful ones. The last example LaBounty uses to support this claim is Louise Fitzhugh’s story Harriet the Spy. Fitzhugh’s character Harriet has a notebook that she has filled with observations about her classmates. Harriet’s classmates end up finding this notebook and becoming upset …show more content…
If so how would the stories be used in his argument?
Are there any stories that might go against what LaBounty is trying to argue? If so how might they affect his argument?
Do you believe LaBounty’s claim that children learn about lying through stories? If so why and if not why not?
Are there any examples of when you learned about lying from a story or another source like a TV show? If so what was the message behind
Frank Baum shows children how to correctly use a lie and that using too many lies is not necessary for survival. Baum does this by having the Wizard in his story lie so that he can be accepted by those who live in OZ and then showing how that has trapped the Wizard unless he leaves OZ. Baum also has the Wizard tell a lie as he leaves OZ and because of that, the Wizard could either be sparing those who live in OZ or he could just be unable to stop lying after he has grown used to it. The next character that is used to show how lying can affect people is Carlo Collodi’s Pinocchio. Pinocchio is a puppet who wants to become a boy and to do this he must learn how to tell the truth. LaBounty points out how instead of Pinocchio learning, to tell the truth, he learns how to tell the right kinds of lies. LaBounty also points out that by telling the truth Pinocchio is punished because the police are going to arrest him. Then at the end of the story, Pinocchio become a boy after he tells his father that he sees land up ahead when he does not see land. LaBounty claims that this teaches children how to become better liars and that not all lies that are told are harmful ones. The last example LaBounty uses to support this claim is Louise Fitzhugh’s story Harriet the Spy. Fitzhugh’s character Harriet has a notebook that she has filled with observations about her classmates. Harriet’s classmates end up finding this notebook and becoming upset …show more content…
If so how would the stories be used in his argument?
Are there any stories that might go against what LaBounty is trying to argue? If so how might they affect his argument?
Do you believe LaBounty’s claim that children learn about lying through stories? If so why and if not why not?
Are there any examples of when you learned about lying from a story or another source like a TV show? If so what was the message behind