Denis Dutton's Uses Of Fiction

Fiction is needed to develop other forms of thinking and to expand creativity. Fiction novels could help students view things from different perspectives. It may help us in a similar situation from the book for example,in the book “The hate u give “ by Angie Thomas there is a situation with police brutality and the way he handled it can inspire others to do the same or we could see where it went wrong and not do that. A young African American male is shot and killed by a white policeman. Garden Heights residents come together in the face of unspeakable tragedy which reflects the strong sense of community felt by those who live in Garden Heights.

Mass media, like television or ‘Seashell ear-thimbles’, in the novel functions as a book’s main enemy. The media causes people to neglect reading, eventually they lose their imagination and become figuratively dead. “His wife stretched on the bed, uncovered and cold, like a body displayed on the

Aswany states, “‘I write about human beings—and part of the suffering of the human being is living under a dictator who is willing to kill anybody, and torture everybody, to keep power. I write about how being free and keeping our dignity is a very important thing’” (Fassler). In other words, literature is a means of connecting with others, and a reader can gain the knowledge of someone’s life through writing. Ultimately, a reader can gain the knowlege of hope through reading a fictional or nonfictional character’s venture in finding hope.

“Fiction is the truth inside the lie.” - Stephen King. When people read fiction, it is to lose themselves in a different, make-believe world. They are not fooled into thinking that the fiction they read is real. However, fiction can be the source of real-life events.

However, the people reading books realize how impassive society is. They understand how books build on characters and help develop someone's individuality. This same individuality helps everyone bond, and communicate with each

Books are a reflection of fantasy’s and tall tales, but they can also align with our modern world. One great example of this is Octavia Butler’s, Parable of the Sower. Butler uses her book as a way to connect with the real world. While Butlers criticism of social inequalities and social odds aren’t relevant to today’s day and age, criticism of poverty and illness, personal relationships, and violent upbringings are relevant to todays society. Whether it’s through dialogue, inner thoughts, or events that take place in the plot, they are applicable to real world situations and ideas.

This sense of hostility springs forth from the misconstrued view of literature being the superior art form among the two, extending to the apparent artistic inferiority of cinematic adaptations, which seemingly “betrays” its source material. But the idea of cinema as a potent and dynamic art

All books that young adults read have power. Their power results in their ability to sway and to change the reader in so many ways, not the least of these is morally. These books can create a moral sense in the young by demonstrating what is morally right and what is morally wrong. They can raise and resolve ethical issues. The reader may not agree with each resolution, but is certainly forced to think about issues he or she may never have thought about before (Smith 63).

Fiction books can have a great impact with their readers by talking about what happens in our society. Secondly reading fiction books is really beneficial because it helps you be more knowledgeable. There are more than 15,000 gang homicides across the United States. Luis, pg. 83, “ she was just too tired pulling me out of jail cells, of getting reports from school about the fights i’d been in, of expecting a call from a hospital or morgue “. This issue is relevant to the world because it can save someone's life and it prevents readers to getting involve with bad things.

Fiction is a forgotten gem; an untapped well of knowledge. It deals with the things that make us fundamentally human, such as conflict, passion, love, lust, jealousy, and hatred. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee highlights the truths about racism and especially stereotypes. In Lord of The Flies, William Golding focuses on the darkness that lives within all human beings. In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury writes about the mistakes society makes when depending solely on technology and not allowing fiction to even exist in people’s households.

Reading fiction leads to increased empathy, which suggests to me that it’s more important than ever to make sure books with diverse

Although Stuart lacks in fact based situations, he shines light on some important and noteworthy points towards his theses. For example, he begins to explain the occurrence of adventure films, and how todays media has shaped that genre into a progressive form of violence, crime, and structured visualizations on the race of characters, or a character that is portrayed a certain way because of his race. “Another based-image is that of the “native.” The good side of this figure is portrayed in a certain primitive nobility and simple dignity. The bad side is portrayed in terms of cheating and cunning, and, further out, savagery and barbarism.” This quote, along with other quotes in similarity, are indeed noteworthy, but Stuart solely relies on his pathos appeal, and the credibility of his accomplishments.

Science has proven that reading can provoke positive changes in us as human beings. Annie Murphy Paul is the author of the article ‘Your Brain on Fiction’ published on March 17, 2012. Annie explains how researchers have discovered that reading can initiate different parts of the brain, this is the reason why sometimes literature can make the reader so engaged and attached to a piece of writing. Research also explains how reading has the ability to produce activity in our brain’s motor cortex. Finally, Annie explains how reading fictional pieces can change how you interact with other individuals.

“Good fiction creates empathy. A novel takes you somewhere and asks you to look through the eyes of another person, to live another life”. (Barbara Kingsolver) Fiction is an imaginary thing or event, postulated for the purposes of argument or explanation as defined by Dictionary.com. There are many literary devices that writers incorporate into their works. The main reason literary devices are used is to connect with the reader.

Every literary work has its own purpose of existence and no literary is the same. There is always literary work for someone to be interested in. the authors use different techniques in order to attract the readers, such as rhythm, rhyme, characters, settings, characters, theme, and conflict and other techniques. One of the elements that literature allow the readers to use is the imagination in order to visualize what the author message is in his story or poem. Some stories, poems or drama are based from the writer’s personal experience, such as the conflict with they have with society because of their race, gender or ethnicity.