Friday, September 13, 2013

BOLT literature or entertainment

In Steinbeck's Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech he explains that literature, "exposes our many grievous faults and failures, with dredging up to the light our dark and dangerous dreams," and I believe that BOLT does just that. The key theme in BOLT is the transition from childhood to adulthood and that would be considered a dark and dangerous dream for many teens throughout humanity. This phase of life really challenges the young adult and tests all their prior knowledge. It prepares a teen for reality, and our reality surely defines a grievous fault of humanity. I believe that in most cases literature and entertainment go hand in hand, because the entertainment portion is based solely on the opinion of each individual reader. Therefore, not all works considered literature will be entertaining to everyone, and not all works considered entertaining will be classified as literature.

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