The word "literature" has come to mean to us compositions or works that tell stories, spread or analyze ideas, recount situations, and express various emotions. But long before we wrote down our ideas, we shared them orally; our oral tradition. No matter the form literature takes, it helps us grow and opens the doors of opportunity for us. It provokes thought, encourages creativity, and strengthens our understanding of both others and of the world we live in.
I have always considered literature to be written, not spoken. This article opened my own perspective on the word "literature". Many of the ideas it expresses are thought provoking from literature being able to help us grow, both personally and intellectually, to the idea that it makes us human. Though in my opinion, the second paragraph did seem to ramble a bit, and could have been shortened.
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