The essence of literature

While reading Joel during class today, I was able to enjoy nature while reading the Word of the Lord out loud. I believe that reading aloud allowed me to feel the emotion in a different way than when I simply read the scriptures to myself. Reading aloud seems to help me to realize different tones and allows me to tap into the emotion that can be portrayed through literature. Emotion. Tone. Emotion and tone are vital, not only in reading literature, but also in understanding the place in which the literature is coming from. I can simply say something with no excitement and absolutely no enthusiasm and it would allow you to think of me different than if I said it with excitement, and joy within my voice. Tone, and emotion allow you to see different into a person. This tone and emotion is a lot easier to recognize when you read the passage aloud. Although this tone and emotion can differ from one person to another, this is what makes reading literature so different from watching a play, or a movie, or listening to music. When you read literature, you are able to somewhat create what the literature is trying to say. This can differ from person to person and allows literature to be quite complex. The idea that a piece of literature can carry a complete different tone or emotion from one person to the other is an amazing thing. This is what makes literature so unique from any other entertainment outlet. Literature allows you to put your own personality, and your own imagination within what you are reading. Literature also allows you to, in a way, write a portion of the story yourself. You are able to imagine the scenery, the area in which the literature is happening, and the feelings in which the characters are experiencing. Literature is, indeed, a special thing, a thing in which ten people can read one piece, and get ten separate interpretations out of it.