Life and Myth

Summary:
In the short story "Making Lives into Stories" by Dan McAdams he discusses what a psychologists is and what they do. He explains that each person he interviews he can tell a story or myth about them which help him understand their traits. Dan speaks about one of the patients he has named Margret who had a hard child hood but used that to her advantage helping other women out and giving foundation to her daughter. Dan also talks about the different ways a story can come together and by humans explaining their memories and life they are creating a story for themselves. In the story they explain their child hood which is the beginning. Then they move to what has gone on as they have been growing up. Then it ends to where you are today, no matter if your 10 or 50. It seems as thou every ones life tells a different story depending on what fiat has in store for you.

What I Learned:
By reading this short story by Dan McAdams i realized that stories have a lot to do with our daily lives and how we live them. If we spend each day forgetting our past, we will have no memories for when we become older. Yet if we tell our story as though we are a character in our own book we begin to watch ourselves unravel and tell us our true identity. The more we use our past as a guide, the more we can reflect on ourselves to find the true person inside you. Just like a story a human has a beginning middle and end, as well as characters and conflicts just like our daily lives due. No one may ever know why things happen to us but maybe we can help other people learn from our mistakes by telling them our stories and memories.