But
the real reason I like it?
Because
justice is handed out.
Often
times in life- not just in what we read in the papers or well on the
internet since printed things disappear in droves every day- we just
don't things go fairly. I mean, I think it's not right that gas
prices are so high, much less that a crime as described in the book
is being pulled off and gotten away with.
So
any time when things do get set right as they often do in Westerns,
but not as much in modern fiction, I feel that good does exist in the
world. Even if it is fiction...and sometimes because of it.
When
justice is handed out in the real world, that is truly worth
rejoicing over. If in the case of a murder victim, the friends and
family want justice but I think they have the bigger problems on
their hands of how they're going to move on without their loved one
in their lives anymore. Whether the killer gets justice or not,
their loved one is gone forever in this life. However for the rest
of us not as close, we do feel great that the perpetrator did get
punished since they took so much away from somebody else.
But
in fiction?
What
difference does it make?
For
me it makes a big difference. It means that someone else feels the
same way about justice as I do. And that's a great feeling. Any
time others are in agreement with me, I feel a little better about
it. I think I can't help it. It solidifies my argument to an
extent. It's only human nature. But I think it's more than that.
It means that what I believe in is not crazy by any means. Even in
the face of those who seem to never care about the victims and ONLY
the rights of the killer, I can feel that I am right. And that
counts.
Fiction
can serve to more than entertain. In fact it often does for us
deeper thinkers. Are we deep thinkers special? I don't think so.
Sometimes I wish I did not think so deeply. Lots of people who do
not seem to be very happy and content and often never seem to worry
about much of anything. I love to be like that but it's pretty
difficult when I wonder about how my words can help the world on some
level? What I usually end up getting back to is...
“Don't
think. Write.”
Now
don't get me wrong. The main purpose of fiction is to entertain.
Some classics I have had to literally strain to turn another page of
the monstrous thing to finish it- just to say I did it. It was a
test of endurance. Would I do it again? Maybe it I ever end up in
prison. But most likely no. Those older works are not meant to be
that entertaining to us now. So out they go as far as I'm concerned.
I'm happy that I read them, but when I really want to delve into
some entertaining fiction, it has to be from this century or the last
one. Just the way it is.
So
if fiction is mainly meant to entertain, then why is it important to
know the writer or characters in the story agree with you or your
sense of justice?
To
the writer, I don't think it is important. Ever really. But I think
it makes us bigger fans of that writer since they were able to create
a character that got to us. And because of that we remember that
writer's name and we try another book. Then maybe another and
another.
So
any time fiction can not only entertain me, but also offer up a view
point where I agree or even don't but then have my eyes opened a bit,
that makes the experience that much better.
How
about you?
Do
you like it when the characters or events of a fictional book
reiterate your own views and opinions?
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