Reading Lolita In Tehran '
Literature is important because it helps people live better lives by teaching morals, empathy and provides us with more knowledge of society and how it works. Literature provides a better understanding between what is right and what is wrong. It also provides consequences to wrongful actions. Literature allows you to read material that is written from someone else’s point of view. This helps to better understand other people and also helps us to gain understanding of our society.
Literature teaches us the difference between good and bad and often shows us that for every negative action, there is a negative result and vice versa. Everyman teaches us that the sins that we commit, while we are alive on earth, will cause us to weep in the …show more content…
In Frankenstein, the creature was viewed as the monster because he had a frightening appearance and he killed people. Actually, the creature became this way when his creator abandoned and he began seeking a companion. Dr. Frankenstein should have been viewed as the monster for creating the creature. When I read this, it made me think of the people in the world that are treated poorly because of the way they look or act. In “Reading Lolita in Tehran” by Azar Nafisi, Lolita felt a sense of utter helplessness and felt that she could do nothing (117). This shows the reader that Lolita was treated unfairly and the reader could see how she felt. When I was listening to Willy discuss this to the group, it made me feel as if I was in Lolita’s position because it made me feel the way she did. In the, The Shack, Mack’s daughter is abducted during a family vacation, and evidence shows that she may have been brutally murdered in an abandoned shack. Many years later from her death Mack receives a letter, apparently from God that is inviting him back to the shack for the weekend. While Mack is at the shack, he struggles with the fact of God telling him to forgive the man that killed his daughter. When I was reading this novel, I could feel the way Mack felt of trying to forgive the killer. When you read literature, such as Frankenstein, “Reading Lolita in Tehran” and The Shack it makes you think of how you would feel if you
Literature teaches us the difference between good and bad and often shows us that for every negative action, there is a negative result and vice versa. Everyman teaches us that the sins that we commit, while we are alive on earth, will cause us to weep in the …show more content…
In Frankenstein, the creature was viewed as the monster because he had a frightening appearance and he killed people. Actually, the creature became this way when his creator abandoned and he began seeking a companion. Dr. Frankenstein should have been viewed as the monster for creating the creature. When I read this, it made me think of the people in the world that are treated poorly because of the way they look or act. In “Reading Lolita in Tehran” by Azar Nafisi, Lolita felt a sense of utter helplessness and felt that she could do nothing (117). This shows the reader that Lolita was treated unfairly and the reader could see how she felt. When I was listening to Willy discuss this to the group, it made me feel as if I was in Lolita’s position because it made me feel the way she did. In the, The Shack, Mack’s daughter is abducted during a family vacation, and evidence shows that she may have been brutally murdered in an abandoned shack. Many years later from her death Mack receives a letter, apparently from God that is inviting him back to the shack for the weekend. While Mack is at the shack, he struggles with the fact of God telling him to forgive the man that killed his daughter. When I was reading this novel, I could feel the way Mack felt of trying to forgive the killer. When you read literature, such as Frankenstein, “Reading Lolita in Tehran” and The Shack it makes you think of how you would feel if you