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"Piggy's demise was not the symbolic death of order logic, but the murder of a kid like her".

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one quote that stuck out in the article was that “literature can play a vital role in helping people understand the lives and minds of others”

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“…literature can play a vital role in helping people understand the lives and minds of others,”

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“There’s a certain level of honesty reflected in art”

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"translate the historical into the personal" (Simmons 2)

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“The student explained that she identified with Piggy…it upset her to casually discuss his violent death. Piggy’s demise was not the symbolic death of order or logic, but the murder of a kid like her.”

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“Literary study should… provide us with many complex models for understanding and responding to others and to ourselves”

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“And one may only have to read fiction to understand that solutions can spring as readily from love and empathy as logic”

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“Literary study should… provide us with many complex models for understanding and responding to others and to ourselves” - Patrick Hogan

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"An emotional impact should be part of the curriculum".

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“There’s a certain level of honesty reflected in art which deals with the psychological, social, and emotional fallout of such violence.”

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"... students may strictly do the analytical work teachers expect without the interference of a significant emotional response"

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“After all, one only has to live on a violent, beleaguered planet and watch the news to know we are troubled. And one may only have to read fiction to understand that solutions can spring as readily from love and empathy as logic.”

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“A teacher should help students process the book’s depiction of characters’ traumas, guiding them toward greater empathetic heights — and therefore maybe preparing them to okay a role in repairing one of America’s most gaping societal wounds.”

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"There's a certain level of honesty reflected in art which deals with the psychological, social, and emotional fallout of such violence"

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“It’s easy to see trends in death, war, destruction, and oppression in our current society (Simmons, 2) ”

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The fictional frame allows students to work through the autobiographical feelings more fully, and more honestly, as there is deniability.

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"Yet while such a unit may be rigorous intellectually, it is arguably incomplete unless students tangle with the book's emotional core."

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“Piggy’s demise was not the symbolic death of order or logic, but the murder of a kid nearly like her.”

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"Creating yourself is a source of great pride, but it also leads to a feeling of having no foundations. I've known many gifted children of immigrants who have a sense of being lilies growing in a swamp - beautiful flowers but no deep roots."

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"English teachers, it seems, are in a unique position to impose some degree of emotional and moral rigor on the curriculum" (Simmons para. 17).

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“After all, one only has to live on a violent, beleaguered planet and watch the news to know we are troubled. And one may only have to read fiction to understand that solutions can spring as readily from love and empathy as logic.”

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“Literature can play a vital role in helping people understand the lives and minds of others, and that individuals and communities can benefit from that ability along with literacy and analytical prowess. “

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‘“Literary study should … provide us with many complex models for understanding and responding to others and to ourselves,’ said Patrick Hogan”

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“I show students real-life stories about adults enacting their ignorance and hated on the world” - Shaun Bond

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Characters are fictitious abstractions, and, without actors to bring them to life and makeup and digital tricks to make the drama feel real

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“Good writing tends to focus on difficult-to-deal-with themes because those are the themes difficult to understand,”

Into the wild was my favorite and had an impact because Chris wanted to really enjoy the real free world and didn’t want to live in a world where we have to follow rules and pay for stuff because this a a free world.

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“Emotional health might be hard to measure on a large scale by traditional testing methods, but it’s far from squishy, and certainly no less tangible than the technical skills education-policy framers seek to standardize.”

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"Literary study should ... provide us with many complex models of understanding and responding to others and ourselves." (Patrick Hogan)

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"While such a unit may be rigorous intellectually, it is arguably incomplete unless the students tangle eith the book's emotional core."

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“There’s a certain level of honesty reflected in art which deals with the psychological, social, emotional, fallout of such violence.”

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“literature can play a vital role in helping people understand the lives and minds of others…”