Literature is often viewed as a window to other worlds and alternate realities. It has also been referred to as a ‘window to the past’, which is a far more accurate quote than the speaker may have realized. Because the ability to communicate abstract thoughts in a spoken or written form is one of the many characteristics that separates humanity from all other animals on the face of the earth, it stands to reason that …showed first 75 words of 1382 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1382 total…alter humanity’s perception of the past, and even to change the course of the future. No wonder, then, that literature is considered the most important tool that humanity possesses, and a basic requirement for proper functions in day-to-day life. While violence may assert superiority in the short term, any belief instilled with a weapon can be undone with a few words. For this reason, then, the pen most certainly is mightier than any sword.