6/10/2023 0 Comments Michael morpurgo books war horse![]() ![]() ![]() Some would argue that children shouldn’t be reading books that make them cry and feel sad. It’s a release for them to cry in the same way it’s a great release for us to read a book and feel both grief and joy. They identify with the great sadness of the First World War. If you go to the theatre you can see 1,000 people coming out of the performance and a large proportion of them have been crying their eyes out for the last two hours. It’s been made into this extraordinary play with the horses being played by giant puppets. If you read about feelings of loss and pain in a book you can relate to it. Maybe this is the way we can feel we are not alone. And we can empathise with other people’s loss and pain. But I think we also know we can feel loss and we can feel pain. ![]() I think the books that really make a difference are the ones that touch the deepest part of you. What do you think it is about sad books that makes us want to read them again and again? Foreign Policy & International Relations. ![]()
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