Why Do We Read Fiction Robert Penn Warren Summary

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In “Why Do We Read Fiction?” by Robert Penn Warren he expresses that fiction can be a valuable asset to our lives. This is an asset to us because it allows for us to have harmony and simplicity in our lives. Fiction does this by presenting to us new beliefs and views that we have yet to experience, giving us clearer or new views or beliefs upon various topics in our life.
We, as human beings, are drawn to conflict because, “A story is not merely an image of life, but of life in motion… the experience that is characteristically presented in a story is that of facing a problem, a conflict.” Warren is stating that by reading fiction, we can still grasp the conflict we need through the plot and storylines of characters in a piece of fiction. This

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