The quote about literature that I have chosen for my literature essay is \u201cLiterature is not only a mirror; it is a map, a geography of the mind\u201d by Margaret Atwood. One of the reasons I\u2019ve chosen this literature quote is because it reasoned with me. It\u2019s true that in literature we can learn a lot about ourselves. For my second essay I\u2019ve 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 \u201cis a map, a geography of the mind\u201d 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\u2019t know you had in you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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