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"A great novel heightens your senses and sensitivity to the complexities of life and of individuals, and prevents you from the self-righteousness that sees morality in the fixed formulas of good and evil.."
- Azar Nafisi (from "Reading Lolita in Tehran")
July 25 2005, 03:51:03 UTC 6 years ago
However I feel that in novels like that we are often drawn to sympathize with characters regardless of their goodness or evil acts. We do see through to the motivations of those portrayed which can help us in being patient with people and the like. But I feel that it can also dramatizevandveven romanticize negative aspects of life and begin to skew our lines of what God says is good and worthwhile.
But certainly a nice quote.
-Stuart-