Rhetorical Analysis Of Why Literature, By Mario Vargas Llosa

Literature; it has compelled us, entertained us, educated us, and drove us to madness. It has served as life instruction, by using the characters as the lesson plan. It is sometimes blunt, sometimes ugly, and in Truman Capote’s case, is so gruesome that we do not dare forget it.

Why do people read literature? The definition of literature is a writing of some sort in which expression and form are characteristics or features of the writing. It can come in the form of poetry, novels, biographies, or essays. There are a couple of main reasons people usually read literature. People usually read for an escape from life, to learn something new, to confront human experience, or simply for pleasure. One of the more popular of those four is to confront human experience. They use what the author writes down and apply it to their daily life. Authors sometimes do that too. They write down their own experiences to give the audience pleasure, or to realize that they shouldn’t make the same mistakes. When it comes to

“The Lonely, Good Company of Books” by Richard Rodriguez, is an expressive narration about the importance of learning through reading. The essay is a narration of his life from his early school years to high school and how he struggled with the general belief that reading books are the main source of education. “Open the doors of your mind with books” (172) he quotes from a poster over his teacher’s desk. He learned early on that books were the key to academic success. Even though his bilingual parents never read for pleasure, they instilled in him the value of books. This idea was repeated by his teachers that reading was the main activity of learning.

Though many people nowadays disregard the usefulness of literature in modern society I belong to the opposite sect of folk. Reading and literature is more than just words and writeing, its ways for the dead to speak and advise those to come through understanding of common feelings. Whether the author meant to mean something through metaphor or more literally is not important, what is important is that us as the readers are able to communicate and interpret needed information from the subject and author. Something that I sometimes think is lacking in todays society is not just this communictation but understanding. Furthermore reading it gives us a way to understand and invest in lives other than ourselves. Secondly reading and understanding what we read allows us to feel empathetic towards the subject thus allowing us to share our own story of feeling and ideas. This is

Women read more books than men in 2011, but their numbers were on a downward trajectory over the four – year period. Between the years of 2011 and 2012, there was a rise of 3000 books from 5000 to 8000, then the number increased progressively to

Group A comprises of the majority, which acts as a sort of control group, and Group B , also referred to as the literary people, is the group the differs from Group A by being more gravitated to literary works and indulging in reading as a form of pleasure. Despite Mr. Lewis’ bias towards Group B, the goal of this article is to emphasize the differences between the two groups while also bringing to attention the social norm that follows when certain groups describe their interests pertaining to reading literature and other activities. C.S Lewis aspires to defy

After watching John Green’s video, I agree with a few of the ideas that he mentioned. Just like him, I believe that literature is a way for people to connect with others on an emotional level. It is through reading books that people are able to understand the complex thoughts, emotions, and feelings that characters go through, whether it be a work of fiction or nonfiction. I also agree with John Green when he said that literature helps allow readers to be more precise about their stories and learn about ourselves. As a reader, I have read many books that allowed me to question myself about the type of person I am. It is through reading that I am able to think about how I would have reacted, if I were to face the same situation as a character.

Literature affects and reflects our lives, literature can make ones respective towards reading more powerful. Literature is what makes reading meaningful. They take us on an experience which we may or not experience in our lives. The message through the novel always makes a person’s outcome. As a result, we would make a personal connection. We may choose to see this personal connection and the experience through reading a novel. Making connections with a character in the novel is always leading us in a path where we are more aware of the importance of literature.

It is often difficult to see or acknowledge a personal flaw or an innate behavior. The world is full of technology and entertainment that distracts and prevents people from developing as a person. Literature is a bridge that can take these minds away from the distracting world but also reveal the truth about themselves and the people around them. Authors of literature challenge their readers by taking them through a personal journey through the perspective of the characters of the novels. Looking at these universal ideas through a different perspective pushes readers to think and creates an easier way to become of aware of the aspects of themselves and the world they live in. Without literature, the people of the world would continue to be blinded and struggle to development emotionally and intellectually along with the

For me, good literature is timeless and placeless. By that I mean that the themes of the story and the messages conveyed by the story are important, no matter what era or place the reader exists in. For me, good llterature will allow me to see myself more clearly and/or see my fellow man (or woman) more clearly.  In other words,  it will help me make connections between the story and the world around me. Good literature will use words in interesting and unusual ways and allow me to "see" vividly the picture the author is painting for me. Good literature makes us feel as though we had dined at a very fine restaurant, instead of at McDonald’s. Good literature allows readers to peer in to other people shoes which gives them new perspective, empathy

A true piece of literature tears away the mask you show the world, and exposes the true person beneath. To heal their own world, readers escape to others. For those with no options of escape, literature is therapy for the soul. To gain perspective on their own lives, readers connect their life to events and characters within literature. Zora Neale Hurston wrote in Their Eyes Were Watching God, “She had waited all her life for something, and it had killed her when it found her.” In this, Hurston means that nothing turns out the way one expects it to. A dream could be your downfall if you wait for it too long. Consequently, one can gain the courage to act from literature.

Indeed, the best works of literature are those which are of relevance to our lives today. Through their relevance, these novels continue to persist and endure on. Through their relevance, we can better comprehend the messages, the themes, and the ideas that are imbued in them. Rather than literature being contradictory and in conflict with the truth and unpleasant reality of daily life, it becomes a weapon through which we can be educated about the existential crises facing our world today. In fact, the statement above could not be more far and distant from the reality of literature today. It is fatally flawed. Literature, whilst at the surface, seems whimsical and amusing is, at its very core, a medium through which we are enlightened

Literature allows us to move beyond the inevitable boundaries of our own lives and culture because it introduces us to people different from ourselves, places remote from our neighborhoods and times other than our own. Reading makes us more aware of life’s possibilities as well as its subtleties and ambiguities. People who read literature experience more life and have a keener sense of a common human identity than those who do

Why read literature? To many of us, such a question seems as strange as asking “why breathe?” as literature has been part of our life, family, school, and community for as long as we can remember. Of course, there are those who argue that what today’s students need is preparation for the “real world,” but in the push for practical preparedness we sometimes overlook the importance of educating students’ imaginations. Literature offers windows to worlds outside students’ experience as well as mirrors onto the world they already know. Literature also prepares students for the personal challenges and moral dilemmas they are likely to face. We interpret the world constantly in all our experiences every

Literature is a true reflection of the society; it mirrors the thoughts and actions of the society. A good work of literary art speaks about the important things in real life. It does not hide what people experience in life. Instead, it exposes the issues and complexities that real people face in real life. Literature acknowledges that social life is a blend of various complexities that affect the way people think and behave. The way people think and behave is a pure reflection of what they deeply desire. It is through a person’s actions that the society can know what is important in his or her life. Literature reveals, through various social institutions, the ideals and deep convictions that people believe