Literature Has The Power Of Free

Today, no one seems to give much value of literary works or reading. Not because it doesn’t give anything beneficiary, but because not everyone had the urged to at least finish a book. We now live in a world where social medias almost dominates our daily activities. It’s unlikely to have a place for us to consume a non-fiction or fiction book. As absurd as it sounds but that’s how people often think. We now live in an egalitarian society, where everyone is given the freedom and right of its own.

The students at our school can be influenced about what to think based on the books that they read without even knowing it. They can change our ideas of what should and should not be written about by either eliminating the positive or the negative part of the story and by only containing one side of a story. In the library at this school, almost all students can see representations of themselves and their life experiences in the books, but some do not. Although literature tries to appeal and relate to everyone, there are always a few stories that are not told and have not been represented. These people whose stories are not represented can grow up to tell their own stories and possibly change the world.

A shared belief among those who advocate against the censorship of books is that often the books deemed offensive and deserving of a ban can provide readers with valuable life lessons. For example, in Harper Lee’s frequently challenged novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch states, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (Lee 30). This quote exemplifies the significance of empathy within one’s life and what it means to truly understand a person. After all, it is empathy that creates and allows deep connections between people. Furthermore, Atticus Finch also says, “Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no

Short of just 70 years ago, the United States was detached; segregated into communities of race and color. In the eyes of our modern society, this practice was cruel and inhumane, an example of just how much a culture’s perspective can change in time. Fahrenheit 451, a novel written and published by Ray Bradbury in 1953, focused on the consequences of change in a society through the eyes of Guy Montag. In the fictitious story, Guy serves as one of many firemen in the community; rather than removing the fires, they set them upon books, which had prohibited and illegalized. After a series of events that transpired in the novel, Montag would begin to recognize the intellectual censorship caused by the absence of books; beginning his crusade

Reading can open one’s mind to the imagination of anything to be dreamt of. Poems, short stories, novels, plays, and dramas are all different types of literature that exist today. All of the different types of literature have their own ways and formats that they are written in. Literature has many ways of speaking to us as we read them, it can strike up emotions or memories that we have or it can make us rethink a situation that we are going through. I believe that literature can help a person open up through his or her stories.

In life, there are many different types of books from each genre, and each person has a choice on which one they like or don’t like, which one is the most helpful, or the least helpful. But sometimes, no matter how much you like books, or how helpful they are, some societies believes, or have been lead to believe by propaganda that books shouldn’t exist, all books are bad and should just be burned. They’re society believes that books just bring unnecessary emotions in life that books just brings people down, or that what people have been lead to believe. But in that society there are people who are trying to fight back by saying how books are actually useful in life, and brings excitement, or useful information into people’s life. But sometimes,

Throughout history, scrutiny towards literature has fallen into three categories: political, moral, and religious. Advocates of intellectual freedom and speech have stood against those individuals and organizations that oppose the rights of any individual seeking knowledge through books under the 2nd amendment. In my essay, I intend to shed light on the benefits books can have and the side effects of a lack of knowledge in a school setting.

Society today reflects and is shaped by literature in many ways. By reading different works, readers can be influenced by different ideas. When a person is exposed to a variety of different ideas and concepts, they often times change the way that they think or go about daily life. For example, books like The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass gave people insight to what it was like to live a life of oppression, thus making people feel sympathetic for him. Society also reflects literature in that we see a lot of patterns repeated from books to everyday life.

As a young girl, I remember my grandma used to read me a story every night before bed. Now that I’m older I find writing as an escape, a way to let my feelings out. However, in the persuasive essay, “Why Literature Matters” by Dana Gioia, it is brought to light that literature is a dying subject. The author informs the reader of this tragedy by providing a solid, well built argument, and backing it up with factual evidence.

Books are an essential part of a student’s education as they contain realistic knowledge that is meant to open students’ eyes up to the world around them (cov). Adriana Lopez, a journalist for University Wire, writes against the banning of books in her article, “Literary Censorship in Schools Impedes Progress” and encourages the use of all books. She argues against the way that schools shield students from real world issues, such as the events that target humans who are viewed as unequal and suffer because of unfair treatment (Lopez). Ken Petrelli, librarian for American Library Association, quotes author Judy Blume in Petrelli’s article “Banned Books Week:” Blume states that parents “want to believe that if their children don't read about it, their children won't know about it. And if they don't know about it, it won't happen” (qtd by Petrelli).

As I read, “The Dark Night of the Soul” by Richard E. Miller, I found it to be an interesting read. He inquires, why we read, why we write and what might literate arts be said to be good for? In his essay he describes the school massacres that have occurred throughout the years. As he describes these events, he asks a deeper question, “What is the point of continuing to read, write and learn in the face of such underlying dangers. I think that with all that is happening, individuals/students should continue with education because reading, television, writing and communication makes a difference in the lives of individuals around the world. The bottom line is that literary art has a way of touching students unexpectedly one way or another and students should not just throw the art away because of society’s perception.

Literature is a work of art that is constructed with the fundamental purpose of conveying meaning and messages to readers. Although the idea that is expressed is decided by the author, its underlying messages can be interpreted in various ways by different readers. Literature often explores the gap between reality and imagination. Such an examination can easily lead to a false sense of reality, which promotes the oversimplification of life at a great cost. By oversimplifying reality, people may turn a blind eye to issues that need to be addressed for the sake of social justice. Often times, facing reality is despised because it may create problems that individuals are unable to solve. This is important to note because literature has the

To what extent does literature inspire us to develop a better world? The term “ a better world” does not have a generic or absolute definition. The vision of a ‘better world’ can be diverse depending on how an individual interprets this particular term. For instance, in Khaled Hosseini's novel, ‘The Kite Runner’, we can observe that our world could be a better place if people were more forgiving. In other words, our world will be better if we all prioritize the idea of living in harmony instead of promoting conflicts and confrontations. Similarly, eliminating social injustice and inequality in our society is also segway towards a better world. Likewise, in the essay ‘Where Are the People of Color in Children’s book’, Walter Dean Myers has

Raymond Mar, a psychologist at Your University in Canada and Keith Oatley a professor An The University of Toronto, they both say that “individuals who often read fiction appear to be better able to understand other people, empathies with them and view the world from their perspectives.” I agree that reading certain types of books can help people further understand and see things from a different point of view. Reading helps to open people's eyes and to teach life lessons or to show there are other things to believe in and know other than what they have always been told to know. Getting different types of books, types that are not always the same as the books that you normally read can help you to view things differently. For example from personal experience a new book can help your imagination grow, readings helps me a lot when I need to come up with new ideas for an art class. The new places a book takes you the new images you see while you are reading the new stores you hear and the happy ending your book might have can change the way you are feeling it can brighten up your day.

Some people do not realize that they affect the education of their children by banning certain books. The banning of books is banning the author's right to free speech which can hinder the education of Americans. In schools teachers have to worry about what readings they present to their students because they could have any parent coming after them for exposing their children to “heinous” or “bad” things when all it truly is, is literature used to broaden