Literature can be defined as anything written or published. Most writing is focused on a topic that is either very popular or very controversial. Travel writing, however, is a little different. Contrary to my first belief, travel writing is not simply just describing a cool location and what you saw there. While that is included, it is not the focus. This particular genre focuses on what you learned or took away from the experience. How the experience shaped you and how you will keep the knowledge and implement it into your life back home. The pieces have a theme that is so strong that readers can understand the perspective and argument as if they had experienced it themselves. Travel writing is art that focuses on a concept that was not previously
