What is literature good for?

What is literature good for?

1. It saves time. It allows people to explore events and emotions from people of the past. You cannot experience those events and emotions directly.

It lets you speed up time. Literature permits you to recall life since childhood to old age. You can know the biography of important characters of History.

1. It makes you nicer. It permits you to know the consequences of actions through others´ experiences and decisions. That fact gives you decision-making abilities.

• Literature also makes you aware of the world you live in. It shows some hidden facts about the system you make part of.

• It´s a cure for loneliness. When you read books you can find words that describe your inner feelings. Those words are not commonly said in common conversations. Literature opens our minds to a world endless possibilities. “Books are our true friends”.

• It prepares you for failure. Literature shows that failure is a natural process of people´s lives. Books do not judge you, and they can give you some tips to rethink your current decisions.

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My favorite genre is fiction

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Fiction is my favorite genre because I find it quite attractive. It presents some…

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Book: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Author: Oscar Wilde

Year of publication: 2008. Simplified edition.

Genre: fiction.

Fragment taken from the book: Click: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByHMAFfxiCpvdnVUMEE4T3E4VTg

Dorian´s harmful manners vs our Colombian society

I have found out an interesting story throughout the Oscar Wilde’s masterpiece “The Picture of Dorian Gray”- book, and it might be the reflection of our Colombian society.  Based on the chapters 1 & 2, and connecting the content to our society, we can say that every human being in most of the cases hides strong desires that take some of us to live and create unimaginable situations due to the fear to become older. So within the liquid times, our society through means such as mass media imposes ways of being and beauty stereotypes that somehow awake narcissism in people´s deepest inner being, ending up associating for example beauty with success. That reality could push some people to behave in unacceptable ways, since they feel they should do whatever is necessary to be successful in their lives.

In addition, I personally believe that Dorian is the representation of this kind of society that pretends being friendly and generous. However, his soul would be corrupted as a result of being influenced by other person, and surrounded by the fear of getting older. What is more, he starts living the ecstasy and frenzy without caring about what others feel. Dorian in a metaphorical way symbolizes those people from our communities who follow certain trends and dare doing unbelievable things to be accepted in any group, ideological movement, organization, political party, among others. As a consequence, we have witnessed how people hurt themselves and others. Finally, I must say that to face the new realities that seem to be such crude, we have to assume ourselves as unique, and protect life over all.

Note: this text contains modal verbs. Look at the underlined words.