The Importance Of Technology In Literature

1. In a modern world lacking in tradition and emblazoned by the advent of technology, is literature irrelevant? Will literature trap humanity in the past, while modern technology alone ushers humanity forward?

As a personal belief of an older generation, it is quite sad to live in a world where individuals no longer have the patience to wait for the end of a book for was it not Emerson who stated that, "If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads" (Emerson). No only as an indicator of intelligence, but also of a care for history, literature retains the foundations of humanity and expresses its essence. However, a mass majority of humanity can only be sated by technology that speeds up life to such an extent

For instance, as TV shows grow in prominence, profound ideas are butchered in order to appeal to a larger audience that desires sensation rather than depth. This can be proven in the fact that many if not all television and movie adaptions of books have failed to capture the essence and beauty of its origin. Critic after critic has claimed adaptions to be magnificent but only in regard to their flair and audience attraction. If instead, critics rated them based on how they preserved the integrity of their origin, they would find themselves boringly repetitive in their claim that the origin has been manipulated to form a work of art for the masses. In itself, when literature- man 's history- can be twisted and still be acknowledged as stupendous, the world falls along the path of shallowness where the origin is cut and the path to enlightenment no longer straight.

Literature holds the roots of man 's history and without it, man will falter and sink into shallowness. Technology as a way of life will allow man to fly. However, it will fail to inform him about the man-made rope around his ankle pulling him down and this time, into the