The Importance of Good Literature

             Literature, in all its forms, is an integral part of our lives for one very simple reason: we need it. Literature would not have developed as it has were it not so necessary and vital for our species to communicate the ideas we have about ourselves and the world around us, be they good or bad. It is important to have literature that makes us stop and think critically about a topic that perhaps excites or worries us. Literature that can make us weep tears or shout wildly in outrage, or laugh in fun. Literature that explains some questions that have never been fully known nor explored before. These examples can be put into three relatively general groups. First, we need literature so to help us understand concepts that are otherwise unattainable. Second, simply for the entertainment and the rare look into the vast imaginations that exist on this planet, from the bizarre to the mundane. Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, to develop our own way of thinking in a world that would otherwise grant so many other negative opinions and not the genuinely needed opinions that we find in so many of the literatures today. Literature is key to understanding ourselves and our many varying environments. We need literature.
             We need to understand concepts that the average of us, and thus the majority of us, can attain only through literatures. Concepts such as the Oedipus complex, the Cinderella complex, and many other such complexes that may perplex us should they appear in our own lives and thus alienate ourselves from what we feel is normal. These types of concepts help us to realize that we are not so fully different than others, that it has been written and, more or less, proven to be a trait of us humans. There are other concepts besides behaviour complexes that we would need in our day to day living. Such concepts as being the victim in relationships, depression stemming from lack of communication with loved ones or personal issues that are s...

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