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True communication involves the understanding of thoughts and feelings, whether this is between two people directly, or one person talking to another (or many others) through the written word. This idea is expressed in different ways through six short stories: Benjamin Franklin’s "Learning to Write", George Orwell’s "Politics And The English Language", Garrison Keillor’s "How To Write A Letter", Stephen King’s "On Writing", Frederick Douglass’ "Learning To Read", and Edgar Burroughs’ "Tarzan Of The Apes" (Chapter 7). Each of the short stories differs in their approach to achieving this goal of understanding, but ...
