"Writing to Connect" by Mary Pipher discusses writing as a way of connecting with our world and adapting our minds as we change with it. Throughout history adults sugarcoat the truth to their children and to all kids. Why wouldn't they? A 7 year old shouldn't have to hear about a triple rape/ murder case. Thoughts like that, if a 7 year old could even comprehend them, would drive an innocent mind to insanity.
However now we as freshman have reached the age of reason. We're considered adults in the eyes of the law and should not only hear about, but know and understand what goes on in our world; regardless of its intensity or gruesomeness. Mary talks about writers who write to change, writers who write with style and writers who just write. Moral writing is a way of writing with a level head; you are trying to change the world with each word, with every sentence, but know that you probably won't change a thing. Writing is something that we can control in a world that's spiraled completely out of control. That's why our words must be chosen carefully because talk is cheap, but without writing change would be impossible.
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