Literary Experience

Literature can be expressed in several ways as Professor Corrigan mentioned. My first literary experience was not the usual bedtime story. Rather, my mother would sing me to sleep with a lullaby she wrote for me and my sister. It used the letters of the alphabet, however had personal touches along the way. For example, "N is for Ninety; the year that we came."

My favorite books growing up was the "Nate the Great" series. That series sparked my interest in reading, which continually grows daily.

I never appreciated literature until i understood the literary devices like irony, metaphors, allegories, among others. The book i realized that reading and literature were more than entertainment was A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Not that it wasn't entertaining, but there is so much more in literature that I realize. This book would have to be the most significant, because it changed my view so radically.

The beauty of literature is that the same text can be interpreted several different ways. My most recent memories include the rereading of Psalms. This is a prime example for the ambiguity of literature. Every time i read Psalms I get something new or applicable to my life yet the Psalms never change. This also seguays into the impact literature has on me. Literature changes my life perspective through quotes, pictures, books, paintings, movies, music.