Reasons To Study World Literature

World Literature is a weapon. It’s really like a dangerous weapon. It’s influential to a very extended point. Students should learn world literature to be aware of the connection. There are a million instances, world literature can teach and open their eyes to. For example, a connection between the author and an individual shows the humanistic reality. We all are experiencing life together, step by step. Personally, it’s important to learn world literature, for individual acceptance. Why does someone do the things they do? There may be values behind the reasons. There’s a story behind everything and may have a deeper surface than just the top layer. Making the world a better situation, if everyone took the time to learn the stories. Because of students relation, and personally, wanting to learn values its something so small, that makes world literature so powerful. Every student worldwide should study world literature to connect with another individual. Building a connection can cause self-reflection. To make that connection, students should open their minds to someone else’s experience. For example, a student can have the experience of reading someone’s happiness in a book or feeling someone’s joy in music. Another person can relate to the feeling if they’ve experienced the same feeling. In the article, “Reading Literature Makes Us Smarter and Nicer” author states, “..Reported in studies published in 2006 and 2009 that individuals who often read fiction appear to be better able to understand other people, empathize with them and view the world from their perspective” (Paul). Meaning reading world literature causes a connection with others, from their perspective and reflect on emotions. The connection, makes individuals realize we are alike even if we’re culturally different. We’re all humans and we have experiences. Personally, world literature would teach me other’s cultural values. From experience, I’ve witnessed judgment on other’s cultural. Reading world literature would stop stereotyping, or false accusations. Personally, I despise stereotyping and closed-mindedness and would like to prevent that for myself. For example, In the

World Literature is a weapon. It’s really like a dangerous weapon. It’s influential to a very extended point. Students should learn world literature to be aware of the connection. There are a million instances, world literature can teach and open their eyes to. For example, a connection between the author and an individual shows the humanistic reality. We all are experiencing life together, step by step. Personally, it’s important to learn world literature, for individual acceptance. Why does someone do the things they do? There may be values behind the reasons. There’s a story behind everything and may have a deeper surface than just the top layer. Making the world a better situation, if everyone took the time to learn the stories. Because of students relation, and personally, wanting to learn values its something so small, that makes world literature so powerful. Every student worldwide should study world literature to connect with another individual. Building a connection can cause self-reflection. To make that connection, students should open their minds to someone else’s experience. For example, a student can have the experience of reading someone’s happiness in a book or feeling someone’s joy in music. Another person can relate to the feeling if they’ve experienced the same feeling. In the article, “Reading Literature Makes Us Smarter and Nicer” the author states, “..Reported in studies published in 2006 and 2009 that individuals who often read fiction appear to be better able to understand other people, empathize with them and view the world from their perspective” (Paul). Meaning reading world literature causes a connection with others, from their perspective and reflect on emotions. The connection, makes individuals realize we are alike even if we’re culturally different. We’re all humans and we have experiences.

Personally, world literature would teach me other’s cultural values. From experience, I’ve witnessed judgment on other’s cultural. Reading world literature would stop stereotyping, or false accusations. Personally, I despise stereotyping and closed-mindedness and would like to prevent that for myself. For example, In the Ted Talk Video, “The Danger of a Single Story” the Storyteller states “She asked if she could listen to what she called my “tribal music,” and was consequently very disappointed when I produced my tape of Mariah Carey” (Adichie). Since she was from another continent, she assumed she listened to another kind of music. When, in reality Chimamanda had the same music as the American girl. This situation shows if a story is told, how someone is perceived, it “must” be true. In reality, that’s wrong. Someone can relate to you, and the story could be false. Be more open to research more into it. I want to be more open to today’s society.

In an article “Why Study Global Literature”, the author claims “We no longer limit ourselves to a restricted view of the world in which we live. Instead, we recognize that today’s rapid communication and travel ensure and sometimes force us all to live in the same global village.” (Breitman). Today, in society, we close our eyes and ears to other worldviews. We are more open to learning and communicating to deeper understanding. Which, sometimes connects everyone together, like a village. I want to be more open to other cultural values, and influence others to accept individuals cultures. In conclusion, society will begin to be more open-minded to world literature stories. Grasping the full understanding of world literature. Including myself, will begin accepting the nature of what world literature provides, experience. Experience people’s story, and emotional connections. From experience, I’ve witnessed brutal stereotyping while playing online video games. It’s bothersome to hear every five seconds on a game. Reading world literature could prevent more of these situations from happening. Studying world literature could prevent close-mindedness of individuals.