Response to TA's final question

"Think back to the last time you played make-believe. Compare it to reading a book or enjoying some other narrative art-form. Are they completely the same? What are some similarities? Differences?"

I don't remember exactly the last time I played make-believe, but I think the differences between reading a book or experiencing some other narrative art-form is that make believe is more limited. When someone pretends something, that person is limited to what they can imagine. What a person can experience in a book is up to the author's imagination and own experiences. What an adult can make-believe is very different from what a child can imagine. A child does not know nearly as much as a seasoned adult. While there are those differences, I think the emotions can be similar. Sometimes when I think of stories that are sad, I can be overcome with as much emotion as a sad book I've read. But what I can pretend is limited to who I am as a person. Sometimes, I can read things that make me so uncomfortable and embarrassed, and I have trouble conjuring up the same feelings without the guide of text.