MythologyThere are few things more complicated than a human being. The way our brain is able to tell us what to do in fractions of a second, how all our muscles and tendons are able to work in unison, and how we act in certain situations. But if we were to exclude what distinguishes us from everything else, we would find ourselves an empty vessel. We would be a race without diversity and without conscience. We could not make choices, but instead do what instinct tells us to do. However, we as humans have experienced this before. It was when we were kids. As children we are completely empty and completely unaware of right and wrong. We have no ability to do anything other than sleep, breathe, and use the bathroom, which is part of our autonomic nervous system. The benefit of this phase, however, is that we are acquiring information at an incredible rate without realizing it. By this I mean that what surrounds us makes us who we are. Be it our parents, friends, entertainment and even fairy tales. As children we are intrigued by anything that is not reality, which is why we are so drawn to the stories we are told as children. In “Uses of Enchantment” by Bruno Bettelheim Bettelheim argues that fairy tales are very important in a child's life and could be potentially devastating if the child is denied fairy tales. Bettelheim uses some fairy tales as examples of how they help a child's development, some examples are Cinderella, Snow White, and Hansel and Gretel. In the aforementioned children's stories, Bettelheim argues why children need fairy tales to grow as functioning human beings in society. He claims that children have a missing piece in their personality or character and need the rigged cycle… middle of the paper. The one thing Bettelheim should be a nobody for is his infamous reputation for lying and plagiarizing his concepts (http://journalism.nyu.edu/portfolio/books/book411.html 13). Work Cited1. http://www.JamesPMercurio.com/review_enchantment.html2. http://www.librarything.com/work/4323. “The Norse Myths”. Holland Crossley, Kevin. The Creation4. http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-the-uses-of-enchantment5. http://www.thenextlayer.org/node/2066. Louis Macneice, poet7. Maria Tartar, psychologist8. http://www.Freudlife.org9. http://www.webmd.com/parenting/guide/mental-health-autism10. “The uses of enchantment”11. http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/freud.html12. http://todlertime.com/interests/bettelheim.htm13. http://Journalism.NYU.edu/portfolia/books/book411/html14. http://pep.net/document/php?Id=psar.087.0385a