How Literature Affects Society

What is literature? Why is literature important? Why do we read it? Literature is a word used to describe written or spoken material. Literature represents a language, culture, and tradition. But, literature isn’t only about historical and cultural artifacts it introduces us to new world experiences. "The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish." (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Literature is the base of society, whether it is fiction or nonfiction. Literature depends on the trend of society. It shapes and reflects the way society views and looks upon its world today. It shows people what popular opinion is as well as what is currently in or out. So it shapes society through the use of its own standard. The term is most commonly used to refer to works of the creative imagination including works of poetry, drama, fiction, and non-fiction.
The history of literature is the historical development of writings in style or poetry,

Literature reflects society’s good and bad values. Literature has the power to make society

realize its mistakes. The hunger games series can be considered a book with a bad value because it takes place in a dystopian world. To Kill A Mockingbird is a book with good value because it contains many themes, like growing up, prejudice, bravery, and understanding.
American Literature the body of written works produced in the English language in the United States. Like other national literatures, American literature was shaped by the history of the country that produced it. After a successful revolution against the homeland, America became the United States. Meanwhile, the growth of science and business, as well as changes in ways of thinking and feeling, shaped many adjustments in people’s lives. All these issues in the United States shaped the literature of the country of what it is