Literature is any written works that have been considered superior or are of lasting artistic merit. “[L]iterature is an art, and … as an art it is able to enlarge and refine our understanding of life.” [Robertson 1993). Art is the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination resulting in works of beauty, meaning and emotional power. Literature is an art form of language, and words are its tools, furthermore it enhances our creativity, empathy and improves our understanding of life. Poetry enhances empathy. When reading such works as Robert Frost’s poem “Home Burial”, we find ourselves getting lost in the emotion of the wife and husband as they deal with the loss of their infant child. The emotions of both begin
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Life is truly complicated and never really figured out. We live our daily lives with blessings, trials and tribulations. We are constantly seeking out encouragement, hope and answer to life’s mysteries. Literature conveys many stories that express a variety of experiences of everyday life issues. Every life experience can be used to teach and help another. Gaining knowledge of how another handled a matter in question. The Burning Barn by William Faulkner is a good representation of how poetry gives a better understanding of life. In the story a young boy struggles with the morality of lying for his father’s wrong doings. Colonel Sartoris Snopes is the young boy who is haunted by his father’s behavior. He struggles within side himself of what is right and wrong. His father is an angry man who feels as though he has been wronged. He is violent and acts out against his employers by setting fires. In the beginning of the story, Sartoris is brought up on the stand in the court room to testify that his father did not start the fire which burned down his employer’s barn albeit he knew his father did commit the crime. By the end of the story Sartoris cannot bear to lie for his father anymore. Once Mr. Snopes has plans to set a fire his new employer’s barn, Sartoris warns his father’s employer. This action by Sartoris encourages its readers that there is peace, goodness and reward in being moral and good. Literature is an art
Life is truly complicated and never really figured out. We live our daily lives with blessings, trials and tribulations. We are constantly seeking out encouragement, hope and answer to life’s mysteries. Literature conveys many stories that express a variety of experiences of everyday life issues. Every life experience can be used to teach and help another. Gaining knowledge of how another handled a matter in question. The Burning Barn by William Faulkner is a good representation of how poetry gives a better understanding of life. In the story a young boy struggles with the morality of lying for his father’s wrong doings. Colonel Sartoris Snopes is the young boy who is haunted by his father’s behavior. He struggles within side himself of what is right and wrong. His father is an angry man who feels as though he has been wronged. He is violent and acts out against his employers by setting fires. In the beginning of the story, Sartoris is brought up on the stand in the court room to testify that his father did not start the fire which burned down his employer’s barn albeit he knew his father did commit the crime. By the end of the story Sartoris cannot bear to lie for his father anymore. Once Mr. Snopes has plans to set a fire his new employer’s barn, Sartoris warns his father’s employer. This action by Sartoris encourages its readers that there is peace, goodness and reward in being moral and good. Literature is an art