The Value in Learning from Fiction

Of course there is value in learning from fiction! How else can one visit unreachable places, experience the events of the distant and not-too-distant past, get to know a variety of personalities, all while learning about the universal themes of humanity?

Fiction provides a window into a larger world - one that we might never experience without the aid of a good book. Dipping into this larger world allow us to walk in the shoes of a million different characters and gives us a larger perspective about ourselves, our lives, the people we know, and the world outside our own personal experience.

I can't imagine a world without fiction. Human beings used it since before anyone can remember so that we can convey to each other how to live our lives, respond to our environment and deal with the knowable and the unknown.