What makes people feel significant? Some would say power, money or success. When one reads fiction, it provides many different kinds of lessons throughout whichever book one could pick, fictional to grammatical. They use those lessons and morals whenever they go out into the world, sometimes they might not be aware of it. . Reading fiction makes people feel significant by providing us with a deeper understanding of the world and the life around us
Lord of the flies, for example, reveals the internal struggle of civilization versus savagery one might face. It shows the thin line between believing in organization and civilization, and just tolerating it; “[Jack] began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling” (Golding, 1954). This quote shows that Jack has unconsciously chosen savagery over civilization. If a reader understood this, they’d understand that if someone …show more content…
In turn, this could lead to being more open minded, and less judgmental person. “An educated mind can consider multiple, divergent points of view without having to accept any one of them.” (Hammond, 2013) One can read a novel while not agreeing with or “bonding” with the narrator, because it’s just one of many points of view. Fiction might provide a sense of revelation in the way one perceives different points of view, in fiction and/or life.
Fiction also heighten one’s sense of empathy, or maybe lack thereof. By reading about death, or suffering for example, one exercises the ability to feel what someone else is feeling. Reaching all corners of a character’s mind and taking a familiarity and interest to them, and then something miserable happening to them makes the reader feel even more attached to the character. Reading the narrator’s thoughts and feelings can make one more empathetic and understanding of emotions, which is a better comprehension of suffering through
Lord of the flies, for example, reveals the internal struggle of civilization versus savagery one might face. It shows the thin line between believing in organization and civilization, and just tolerating it; “[Jack] began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling” (Golding, 1954). This quote shows that Jack has unconsciously chosen savagery over civilization. If a reader understood this, they’d understand that if someone …show more content…
In turn, this could lead to being more open minded, and less judgmental person. “An educated mind can consider multiple, divergent points of view without having to accept any one of them.” (Hammond, 2013) One can read a novel while not agreeing with or “bonding” with the narrator, because it’s just one of many points of view. Fiction might provide a sense of revelation in the way one perceives different points of view, in fiction and/or life.
Fiction also heighten one’s sense of empathy, or maybe lack thereof. By reading about death, or suffering for example, one exercises the ability to feel what someone else is feeling. Reaching all corners of a character’s mind and taking a familiarity and interest to them, and then something miserable happening to them makes the reader feel even more attached to the character. Reading the narrator’s thoughts and feelings can make one more empathetic and understanding of emotions, which is a better comprehension of suffering through