Prompt #7

Ambiguity allows readers to form their own opinions and find their own meaning to a story. It also lets readers learn to see things in different perspectives from other readers. Often readers form these opinions from their own experiences. When ambiguity is used it gives readers room to develop their own thoughts and use their minds more. It also lets the readers better connect with a story. Every person goes through different things and sees things differently allowing us to find different meanings within the story. Seeing others perspectives on the same story also helps us to connect with others and get a better insight on how personal experience has a major affect on perspective. Seeing others perspective this way helps our minds to grow. It helps us to look at situations different and people different. I find that it helps us to get along better with people because if we look at their perspective and their personal experience we get to know people better. It allows us to not be so quick to judge someone and helps us to stop and think differently than we would have before. Ambiguity is a way writers use to get a reader more involved/personal with a story. People love to connect with things and use their experience to do so. Readers enjoy to engage with a book and ambiguity is own way that lets us do exactly that. It also lets readers find or see something they need to. People are always searching for some meaning to things and I feel like this is a one great way for them to do so. 

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