<p>No matter how much people argue over a book / analyze it / complain that why couldn't something else happen in the story, it's not going to change a single thing that occurs in the book.</p>
<p>If we get really frustrated over the events that occur in a book, then why do we read it?
*Non-fiction is a different matter.</p>
<p>Because it’s fun and expands our minds?
Also, the debate isn’t usually only about the events in the book. Books with “literary merit” generally have a lot of metaphors, symbolism, etc. and say something about the condition of real humans even though the characters and specific events aren’t real.</p>
<p>lolwut. Then why discuss TV shows? Movies? Games? Anything?</p>
<p>the point of reading literature or English class isn’t to say whether the events in the book should or shouldn’t have happened (our teacher calls that “reader response” and she doesn’t like it). it’s to analyze it to see what things it could be saying. it actually gets you to think about a lot of things and see them in a new light.</p>
<p>if it’s about a popular book, than being frustrated/happy is sort of the point :D</p>
<p>Partly mindset… Maybe its because I’m tired of analyzing and finding metaphors and symbols, its more of an annoying gimmick that as students we have to find apart from focusing on character and analyzing story–why think so hard over a fiction I say.</p>
<p>@Followthereaper: I don’t watch any TV series (better use of time and the plot is clearly scripted) and I go to the movies for action and if friends just want to hang out. ~Games are a little different as you get to control the character.</p>
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because it can reflect the real world ;)</p>
<p>“why think so hard over a fiction I say.”</p>
<p>Because pondering things and increasing your knowledge is inherently good?</p>
<p>“the plot is clearly scripted”</p>
<p>So are a lot of people’s lives.</p>
<p>What I hate is when a teacher tells us to interpret a poem or something, and then insists that there’s only one correct interpretation. Uhm, no. That’s not how lit works.
Thank goodness, my teacher this year accepts your interpretation as long as it’s backed up with literary proof.</p>