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I am getting close to finishing my essay, it has changed a lot from my first draft. I have tried to reflect on the feedback I got and refine my question. One thing that was bothering me was that it was not linked closely enough to my practice but I think I have now addressed that issue. To simplify the essay it now concentrates on the Just World hypothesis and empathy. I have looked at the benefits and problems with both of these and how they are reinforced and expanded through fiction. I wanted to look at ways in which writers and illustrators can attempt to reduce the negative effects. Empathy is tied into the core process of reading or watching fiction and so would be much harder for practitioners to address. Through fiction we are invited to see the world through someone else's eyes or at least to form a connection with them. Trying to combat the increased levels of empathy caused by fiction would mean changing the core values and process of it, also we have empathy without ever reading or watching fiction. Paul Bloom has an interesting way of looking at empathy and its bias, he compares it to anger. What he means is that anger is something that is in some circumstances justified and logical even when it leads us to take action but it needs to be subservient to logical thinking. He suggests we should look at empathy the same way, one of the ways empathy has negative connotations is when it is used to make important decisions. Through fiction practitioners could promote rational thought and objectivity through narratives to try and reign in the impact if increased empathy. it is hard to try and understand how to change fictions effects on empathy, the Just World hypothesis is slightly easier to understand. The just world hypothesis is promoted by the narratives commonly used in fiction. Simplified ideas of good and evil that allow the practitioners to communicate a narrative. In our real lives decisions are rarely as simple as good and bad and looking at the real world in a binary way can be harmful. Practitioners could try and tackle the complexities of situations and not rely on heroes and villains to communicate the moral values of the story. Specific moral values and life lessons could still be promoted through fiction but without the idea that decisions and people are either good or bad.