This document discusses the history and importance of storytelling. It provides examples of early storytelling from cave art and Greek pottery. Questions are posed about the relevance of stories today and people's ability to connect with them. The thesis argues that storytelling, as seen in ancient works like the Iliad and Ransom, is essential to the human experience and remains relevant. Examples are given from the Iliad and Ransom to support this claim, along with challenges in getting started and reducing information.

1. Janin Wise

2. Why Story Telling?

3. What is Storytelling?
The Boyhood of is Fun!, bygrowingalibrary.com
Reading Raleigh, by Sir JohnSendak Millais
Storyteller 3, from Maurice Everett

4. A Brief History of Storytelling
Various Cave Art from Lascoux
Early Greek Alphabet on pottery,
National Archeological Musem
Of Athens
Pectoglyphs from crystallinks.com
Scribe from Assyrian Temple

5. Questions
Is storytelling still relevant today?
Why are stories told?
Can modern audiences/readers connect to them?
Why do we need to hear them?
David Malouf, author of
Ransom

6. Thesis
 Storytelling, as illustrated in Homer’s Iliad and
Malouf’s Ransom, is an essential part of the human
experience and is as relevant today as it was in 800 B.C.

7. Support
A detail of the Toledo amphora, showing the ransom of Hector
Photo offrom James screen on 9/11
Image television HornerIvanov
Priam by lonesentry.com
Troy, and Achilles, by

8. Conclusion

9. Difficulties
 Getting Started.
 REDUCING the amount of information I had to work
with!