Defining literature has perplexed and confused me because of the different views of my references. Hence, I decided to define it on my own perspective. Literature, on my own terms, is the reflection of a particular culture, behaviour, hallucination, and frustration of an individual, a society, or a nation through written expressions and emotions. It is also the manifestation of the life and observations of people of a certain epoch. Thus, making literature as the basis of our history and facts. The world of literature is boundless by imagination where characters varies from talking polar bears to a mad scientist who has evil plans of world domination, the setting can be on the remote town of Macondo or in the busy streets of Mumbai, and the mood could be strangely melancholic or highly satirical.
In this respect, literary works brings delight to its active readers. The readers can travel around world and other universes in one sitting and be someone else living in another lifetime. I believe the greatest thing about literature is that it opens your eyes to different perspectives and possibilities. It gives another light and a new meaning to the things you normally take for granted or things that you are accustomed with. It also reminds us of the events in the past that had tremendous impacts on the shaping of the society today that will reflect on the moulding of our future. Furthermore, it magnifies the fact that we are all connected in this world and everyone has a story to tell.
“I picked this photograph because it reminds me of the possibilities that life offers. Literature is like an open sea where anything is possible and limitless. You just need a boat to journey around it.”
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