How might literature help us understand the experience of marginalized groups?
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Expressions which cannot be expressed to people and to the world gets its escape through the means of literature. Literature provides a space where a person finds his freedom of expression and speech. It unbound the boundary which the society places in the life of an individual. Literature is that world which helps to know oneself in terms of writing and analyzing things. There are certain things which are very difficult to analyze in real life but when it comes to the world of literature, it forms a means of analysis of life. It paves the path of self-realization and self-exploration. Literature is a mode of expression. It is the mode of expressing things which a person, a group or a community is able to bring before the world what the world can never understand. The marginalized people whose voices are left unheard, with the help of literature they find a way to express their thoughts and feelings.
Literature tells stories about the lives and experiences of people from all walks of life. It is a closer look into different thoughts and lifestyles that might not be possible to perceive in any other way.
For privileged classes of society, it is important to understand what marginalised classes experience and go through in order to be sensitive to their issues and take necessary actions to rectify them.
Literature allows the most accurate and heartfelt depiction to reach out to the masses with lower chances of being censored.