Essay On The Importance Of Literature

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Prompt: Why is it important that literature reflects life? How can literature instruct us and benefit us in ways that real life experiences cannot? Italy, a country located on the peninsula south to the Alps, plays an important role throughout the history. In a different era of human history, different rival groups fought to get control of Italy because the country locates on a politically, economically and geographically important area. From the 1st century BC to 5th century BC, Italy was under the control of Rome. Actually, Italy comes from the name of a language Italic, which was used by the people, in the ancient Italy. “Around 700 BC, the majority of the tribes in Italy became rivals to get the land from the north.” (...) During WWI, Italy suffered from the casualties and economic downfall. “At the …show more content…

All dictators throughout the human history have used language and literature to maintain their power and influence, because literature reflects life. For an instance, in Italy, when Mussolini first came into office, he always welcomed the journalists, and “devoted a great deal of his time to checking what they wrote about him, even writing to editors to suggest how their treatment of important topics could be improved.” (...) Moreover he manipulated the press power to enlarge his sphere of authority. When Matteotti crisis, the crisis that had threatened to bring down the Fascist leader Benito Mussolini, broke out in 1924, Mussolini controlled the press more. He prohibited any kind of writing that would destroy his authority or his public image. The worst part was that, he used both legal and illegal means to make things happen according to his way. As a result of all these, he eventually became more

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