Fils Stephen Discussion 5

The quote about literature that I have chosen for my literature essay is “Literature is not only a mirror; it is a map, a geography of the mind” by Margaret Atwood. One of the reasons I’ve chosen this literature quote is because it reasoned with me. It’s true that in literature we can learn a lot about ourselves. For my second essay I’ve chosen the story Araby by James Joyce to focus on, and I believe that the quote by Margaret Atwood is embodied in that story. In the story Araby we follow a young boy who has crush on a young girl and decides to go to a bazaar called Araby to buy her a gift to impress her. Through that story I could relate tho the narrator; it was like I saw myself in that story. Like the narrator I remember having a crush and them being the only thing on my mind. I would daydream about them and always admire them. The story Araby was like a mirror and me looking through seeing my younger self who used to always think of ways to impress my crushes. Also the second part of the saying literature “is a map, a geography of the mind” is true because through literature you can scan thorough your mind and see what kind of person you are. You can learn things about yourself you didn’t know you had in you.