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Horton The Elephant By Dr Seuss

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Perspective is the way people inspect, understand and interpret the world. Each person has a different point of view since they have different background, knowledge and experience. Perspective cannot affect the truth since fact is stronger than opinion. Truth can change perspective because when people realize that their belief is different from the fact, their perspective changes. Literatures, especially creative writings possess moments when the truth changes perspective. A good example is from the piece by Dr. Seuss. This story is about how Horton the elephant make efforts to save small organisms called the Who’s from other animals who believe that the Who’s don’t exist. Who’s shout out loud to prove that they exist, and the animals hear

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