World War II: How Events Influence Literature

How Events Influence Literature Many different events throughout world history have influenced writers and the way they write their literature. People might think something is insignificant and cannot make a big difference, while others see them as major changes and see it as a chance to write a work of literature to show their point of view, which can have a big impact. Different historical events, such as World War II, the Holocaust, and the Salem witch trials have all played major roles in changing how literature is written and read. One example of a historical event that changed history and writing was World War II. This had a major impact on the world as almost everyone was engaged in the war someway, somehow. Many people saw the war

Many different works have been written about the Holocaust, some being diaries and memoires, such as the one Anne Frank kept. Others are newer books today that are written to remember the Holocaust and its victims. One major writer that wrote about the Holocaust was Even Wiesel, who wrote the novel Night, which is the account of the life he and his father had while in a concentration camp during the Auschwitz (Kaiser 3). Many of the books written during and after the Holocaust were biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs used to show the horror they had to endure. This shows that one event like this can drastically change the way people write and what people are interested in reading about. Another writer who wrote about the Holocaust in a more recent setting is Ruth Franklin, whose book “A Thousand Darknesses: Lies and Truth in Holocaust Fiction,” is a “work of criticism and insight” (Kaiser 2). This book looks at different works of fiction that were written about the Holocaust and show what is real, what is overdramatized, and what never really happened at all. This work is valuable because it shows that the Holocaust is still relevant and is still influencing today’s writers, even though it happened over sixty years