Knowledge is an accumulation of experiences, obtained conventionally in a school environment or indiscriminately through life experiences. Likewise, from these conventional and non-conventional experiences, information is then transferred, acquired and re-appropriated. However, within this sequence of events, knowledge risks being misinterpreted. In those circumstances it is the story, the oldest form of communication, that is capable of making the unfamiliar appear obvious. Through her novel Flight Behavior, Barbara Kingsolver acts as a teacher, covertly conveying her own views on education and the learning process through the development of her characters. Next, Kingsolver provides a valuable perspective on the elements needed to engage intellectually, offering credible insight into the learning process. This is not simply an anecdotal novel, its narrative conveys a fundamental educational paradigm. Indeed, engaging intellectually requires both aptitude and enthusiasm, but Kingsolver believes that education is much more complex than a simple binary. Kingsolver suggests that intellectual engagement is both a process and a maturation of one's ability to reason, which is fundamentally rooted in logic and fueled by passion. Narratives offer a structure that supports unfamiliar concepts; this distinctive function of literature places writers in a unique position, especially if their readers are unfamiliar with the topic in question. However, to appreciate this position it is important, for the purposes of this discussion, to understand the literary mechanisms Kingsolver presents to convey his views. In particular, one must recognize his method of integration, a pro...... middle of paper ....... "Things That Attack People: A Critical Literary Analysis of Barbara Kingsolver's Fiction." EThOS Online Electronic Theses Service. University of Nottingham. July 2009. Web. October 28, 2013. Kingsolver, Barbara. Flight behavior. Toronto: Harper Collins Publishers Ltd., 2012. Print Lilenfeld, Scott o., et al. “Learning: How Nature Changes Us” Psychology: From Investigation to Understanding. Ed. Canadian edition. Toronto: Pearson Canada, 2011. 239-277. Print.Pickens, Melanie. and Charles. J Eick. "Studying the motivational strategies used by two teachers in science courses taught differently." Journal of Educational Research 102.5 (May-June 2009): 349-62. ERIC. Network. November 12, 2013.Thomas, PL “Languages ​​We Don't Understand Considering America ThroughBorn of Ashes.” National Council of Teachers of English. 95.3 (2006): 97-8. JStore. Network. November 12 2013.