A Critical Study of the Two Stories of " Jodie Establishes a Secret Order" and " Memories of a Vampire in Love" from the Viewpoint of Philosophy for Children Program

Based on the approach of the Philosophy for Children Program to the functions of stories and with reference to Lipman’s idea regarding the necessity of reading useful stories in philosophical inquiry in the light of their literary, psychological, and intellectual sufficiency, the present paper analyzes and examines the presence of these three sufficiency conditions in two funny stories: “Jodie Establishes a Secret Order” and “Memories of a Vampire in Love”. The author has explored their literary sufficiency through the structural analysis of the text. Regarding their psychological sufficiency, she has used the field method by having some children read, criticize, and analyze the stories. Finally, she has examined the intellectual sufficiency of these two stories based on Philip Cam’s elements of philosophical thinking. The findings of this story indicate that both stories enjoy the necessary literary and psychological sufficiency; however, they lack an appropriate level of intellectual sufficiency, particularly with regard to interactive skills, which have the lowest percentage among the other skills required for the philosophical analysis of both stories.