21st CENTURY LITERATURE

 

Activity: MY FAVORITE! It is said that literature helps relieve LONELINESS. What is your favorite LITERATURE that you have read and enjoyed? What is it about? Post a screenshot/image of the book or literature (in the comments for your answers, try to click FILE, INSERT IMAGE) and give a short description in your own words and why you like it. Answers should be 3-5 sentences ONLY. NOTE: Please observe DISCREET and PROPER decorum for your answers. Books/literature should not be explicit in content, promote violence, sexually provocative, or contain scandalous or malicious content. During quarantine, I was able to read some books to pass time, and one time, my uncle introduced me to this book entitled “Smaller and Smaller Circles”, written by F. H. Batacan. Once I read the blurb, I was immediately invested because of how unique the story is compared to other crime/murder mystery novels I’ve read in the past. The novel was about two Jesuit priests investigating on the deaths of impoverishe...

Discussion forum QUESTION: Enumerate the 4 answers on "What is literature for?" based on the video. In your own words, explain each in 2-3 sentences. IT SAVES YOU TIME - Despite that it looks like wasting time, literature is deemed as the "greatest time-saver" because it gives us access to a wide range of events and emotions without the need to dedicate and wait for years and decades to try to experience it directly. All the opportunities, events and emotions that you won't be able to experience in this lifetime can be experienced through the eyes and words of the writer. IT MAKES YOU NICER - Literature enables us to look at the world in a different perspective. It helps us open our minds to several situations and assess our life decisions and morals which in turn, allows us to become less judgemental and have a bigger room for self-development. IT'S A CURE FOR LONELINESS - All the written characters, circumstances and emotions presented in literature open u...