e really Gods, they cannot possibly do wrong. Aside from their reliability and truthfulness, these stories encourage and promote the committing of crimes. Lastly, these stories should be censored because many of them speak about death and the after life. In this case, these stories will breed and produce men who will fear to die for their country, which may be vital one day for the survival of the Ideal State.
             For Plato, what types of stories should be told to children is extremely essential. Meaning, just as important the content of literature is, so is the form. This is clearly discussed in the beginning of Book III, section 8. In this part of the book, two ways or forms that are discussed in which stories are to be presented in. There is the narrative form and the representational form. In the narrative form the storyteller describes and tells us what happens in the story, whereas the representational form is composed of the narrator plays one or several of the characters in the story. According to Plato, the narrative form seems to be all right in reference to portraying ideas but the representational form has its differences. Since, the narrator takes on the role of many different characters in the representational form; he can represent a good character as well as a bad one. For example, if a good actor takes on the part of a bad character, it is predictable for him to take on the qualities of the character he is pretending to be. Therefore, this will be harmful to the upbringing of the children who are supposed to be the future guardians. It will also affect the Guardians if they themselves are acting out or pretending to be bad characters, as well as to see someone else pretend to be one. This is equivalent to Plato's earlier idea and concept where it is best for a person or citizen to play one role or character and to have one only one job. It's good for a person to pay close attention to one's own business an...