Personal Essays about Hearing Stories of Helping
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2019
Publication Title
Narrative Works
Abstract
This chapter presents three personal stories about the experience of hearing stories of courage and moral choice within the context of family or work environments. These stories range from the retelling of experiences in Greece during the Nazi occupation to stories shared by senior citizens looking back at responses to discriminatory practices in Puerto Rico as they offered shelter and support to the author during Hurricane Katrina. In each case, the stories were either told repeatedly by relatives, or the stories echoed similar stories told in the past by family members. In each of these contexts, the listener describes the experience of learning about moral choices made in challenging situations that have helped to shape the choices that they continue to make long after hearing those stories.
Recommended Citation
Tsezana-Hyman, M., Katopis, A.G., & Santiago, S. (2019). Personal essays about hearing stories of helping. A Narrative Works Monograph. Listening to Stories of Courage and Moral Choice: Creating Conversations about Inclusive Care in our Schools and Communities [Special Issue]. Narrative Works, 9(1), 2019, 93–109. DOI: 10.7202/1068125ar
