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7en5, please post beneath this space to address the debatable question written above. Respond with your own opinion, supported with evidence from the materials we studied in this unit. 

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7en5, please post beneath this space to address the debatable question written above. Respond with your own opinion, supported with evidence from the materials we studied in this unit. 

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7en1, please post beneath this space to address the debatable question posted above. Respond with your own opinion, supported with evidence from the materials we studied in this unit. 

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7en1, please post beneath this space to address the debatable question posted above. Respond with your own opinion, supported with evidence from the materials we studied in this unit. 

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I think that literature does not need to mirror real life. I think so because I like novels that have nothing to do with my own life, making me think. It expands my creativity and helps me think outside the box. I also find this type of literature more entertaining and fun to read

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I think that literature should not mirror real life because it would be boring. I like reading literature like fiction and fantasy because I get to read about new worlds or people unlike us and imagine things. If literature always mirrored real life, it would be quite boring after a while. If there was only literature that mirrors real life, there will be no Harry Potter, Lord of the rings, Hobbit, Narnia or Game of thrones, that would be really bad! Would you want this gone?

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In my opinion, it is really dependant on the author's choice and style of literature. However, literature should be a creative, limitless and free(freedom) for authors. Some authors may choose to mirror real life in their literature, some may not and write fantasy stories. This is the author's choice and should not be affected by other people. The choice is all up to them. Although I am not strongly supporting either side, I do have a preferable choice. I prefer stories that does mirror real life. This might be strange to other people, but here's why. There are many types of literature, some are romance, journal, story etc. Having any type of literature that mirrors your life will be easier for you, as the reader to relate to. Being able to relate the piece of literature will not only help you understand the story better, it will also help you relate to other things which probe you to continue thinking after the story. And having a story that you deeply remember and think about after you read is a story that will most likely be a good one and a bestseller.

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In my opinion, I think that literature should always have a third perspective and style of choice depending on the author's style. Also, author's have can choose to mirror or write a book to reflect on their life because it really intrigues me to experience the life of someone else and from their perspective as they accept their change or growth from childhood to adulthood.

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I think it depends, because different people look for different things in books. Some people (like me) prefer realistic fiction or nonfiction, while other people prefer fantasy as an escape from reality "where they're imagination can run wild". Although I prefer realistic fiction or nonfiction, I still read fantasy as sometimes I feel like I need that escape. Books that mirror real life may be offensive or dark, but sometimes that is how life is. For example, in books such as The Distance Between Us  ( By Reyna Grande )  and Catcher In The Rye (By J.D. Salinger), the books both show a dark side of life, and they don't necessarily have happy endings.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28954073-the-distance-between-us (BEST BOOK EVER)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5107.The_Catcher_in_the_Rye?from_search=true

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I think literature could mirror everyday life, because in some books like The Body, characters like Gordie are very relatable. Also, some parts of some novels are also like real life. However, it might not mirror real life as well because some books are more in the fantasy genre and it might have flying broomsticks and talking pig which are not really realistic in our everyday life. I read both kinds of books but I like fantasy books more, so I think that literature shouldn't really mirror real life.

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I don't think that literature should completely mirror real life. Literature is a free will of the author making something that fit the liking of the author. Literature helps release thoughts hidden beneath the surface. Harry Potter for example is a fantasy hidden in the real world giving it more depth as people can be in 2 worlds at the same time. However, without the touch from real life, certain books like The Novice seemed too far fetched and some people would have less interest in it as they think this is perfect but has an almost impossible chance of being real. Realism keeps the story alive, it gives limits and challenges, making the reader more encapsulated in the story. Wattpad &Tap for example are very successful apps based on random stories written by people. Some are real life stories while others are fantasy. To me, literature shouldn't completely mirror real life, however it has to have a hint of realism in it to keep the story attractive. Overpowered characters are not something you need. If all stories were completely stripped of realism, shouldn't we be in our own minds, flying in our world of fantasy? 

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I don't think that literature should completely mirror real life. Literature is a free will of the author making something that fit the liking of the author. Literature helps release thoughts hidden beneath the surface. Harry Potter for example is a fantasy hidden in the real world giving it more depth as people can be in 2 worlds at the same time. However, without the touch from real life, certain books like The Novice seemed too far fetched and some people would have less interest in it as they think this is perfect but has an almost impossible chance of being real. Realism keeps the story alive, it gives limits and challenges, making the reader more encapsulated in the story. Wattpad &Tap for example are very successful apps based on random stories written by people. Some are real life stories while others are fantasy. To me, literature shouldn't completely mirror real life, however it has to have a hint of realism in it to keep the story attractive. Overpowered characters are not something you need. If all stories were completely stripped of realism, shouldn't we be in our own minds, flying in our world of fantasy? 

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I don't think that literature should mirror real life. This is because literature is often for entertainment, and people would probably want to read about things that don't happen much often. Fictional events will excite readers, since it doesn't happen everyday and it's something new and special. On the other hand, characters in books should have more realistic human traits, for the story to be more relatable. This will make the reader connect with the main character of the book and be able to engage with the story more.

A good example of a fantasy novel with a fictional plot and realistic main characters is The Wishing Spell in The Land of Stories. In this story, the characters are realistic, because even though their father died, they pretty much have normal lives until they went on a big adventure featuring many fantastical characters and classic stories.

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Erin- Debatable Question- Should Literature mirror real life?

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Erin- Debatable Question- Should Literature mirror real life?

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No, I don't think literature has to mirror real life, because I prefer fantasy or fictional stories. Fictional stories get me thinking about how the characters' lives are different from us. For example, in Harry Potter, most of the characters live in a magical life that I wish I could live in. In the series, most of the characters have wands, magical items and creatures, which we don't have in real life, and that's what makes the book or series fascinating and engaging. The setting and action in fictional stories make it more interesting and fun to read. I didn't really like the Body, because it was about an adventure that was very realistic and I didn't think it was that interesting. Although I like fantasy very much, books should also have a little bit of real life scenarios in them, so we can understand what the characters do and why they do it. Also, it wouldn't make the story too unrealistic and not very interesting to read.

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No, I don't think all literature should mirror real life because most of the novels I like to read are fantasy and fictional stories. Personally, I am not interested in stories that are just the same as our daily life because I think it's very boring. I've read a biography about Steve Jobs for a project and I thought it was extremely boring, hence I put reading it off for 2 years. The following link below is one of my favourite series and it's in the fantasy genre.
http://www.warriorcats.com/books/

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I don't think literature should mirror real life. I prefer reading fantasy and fiction stories because I get to read about new worlds and new characters. For example Star Wars, Star Wars is all about the galaxy, together with spaceship and battleships, which literature doesn't talk about.

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When a story connects to real life, it really creates a new perspective when reading the book and that it is possible in real life. It connects the book/movie with the reader/viewer.

However I also think having it not connected with real life is also a good idea, it brings a twist in the story, unique out of this world feeling. It also does well in the terms of marketing like stars wars and marvel super heros

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Literature both can and don't need to mirror real life. It depends on what the reader prefers- more realistic stories or more fictional. I personally prefer stories that do not mirror real life because I think they are more interesting, but some people might prefer stories more similar to their life because they can relate to it, bringing the reader closer to the story.
An example of literature mirroring real life could be a book based on a true story like "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank. An example of one not mirroring real life could be Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling (a personal favourite). Some of the inspiration for the book was inspired from some stories and events in Rowling's life, but many plots and ideas are in a completely fictional universe.

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I don't think literature should mirror real life, because if it is the book may not be as interesting. For example if a book like Harry Potter was mirroring real life, the book wouldn't even exist. There are even genres that tell the book is not going to mirror real life. Like Fiction and

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Should literature mirror real life?
I believe that there is no need for literature to mirror real life. This is because people might not be too interested in their own normal life due to the fact that the reader is already in it and might think that it is boring. On the other side, the readers might be interested on the other side of the story. In addition, people normally would find un-realistic things more appetizing and interesting to read. For example, the Land of Stories is a fictional book and does not reflect real-life.

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I think literature should not mirror real life because it won't be interesting to read about something that happens to everyone every day. It should always be something special that not every one will be able to experience.

The book below tells a story about a third child in his perspective at a imaginary place, and at that place, a third child is against the law.

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I think this depends on the reader, as some people prefer reading realistic books while others like fantasy books. As a reader, I personally prefer less realistic stories, because we already know what it is like to live in real life. Although fictional books might be less relatable, as characters often have something "real" people don't have (e.g. Powers, high endurance), this doesn't make the story less interesting, because if you are a great writer, you can make it "come alive" through writing. Besides, some fictional stories have some great morals which can inspire people. However, you could argue that entirely fictional books do not help us in "real life", given that the characters are living in another dimension and have, if any, very little in common to us.

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I agree that literature should relate to real life because you can actually learn from the story, but also have the story interesting and fun to read at the same time. :)

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I believe that literature does not need to mirror real life as it can be used to entertain as well as inform. If we did not have novels about fantasy worlds and scientific impossibilities, then reading would be much more boring. This allows us to become more open-minded as we are given more possibilities and therefore become more accepting. How does this affect us from a global scale? The world would become a more diverse and accepting place, as we can understand people of different race and gender, instead of criticising and disowning them.

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I think that literature should relate to real life. I think that because

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I think that literature should mirror real life because it would relate more to real life and you could understand it more.

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Literature should mirror real life, but not in every detail otherwise it would be somewhat boring for the reader to read. I think the best way to mirror it would be to have an unexpected/surprising event in the monotonous daily life, as this would attract the reader to read on and find out what would happen, in the background of the life that they experienced. I think that making a story completely fictional with no background in our lives would make the story too clueless, often confusing the audience on what is happening, as it is often very hard for the reader to visualise a scene that is completely fictional and one that they have never come across before, like trying to tell a medieval knight about the weapons used in World War II.

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Literature should mirror real life because no matter what kind of writing you look at you can find human qualities and interactions in it. Even the Syfy book I was reading had to do with real life; it was a magic book, but if you took away the magic parts it would be a real-life story.

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Personally, I think some literature shouldn't mirror real life. Many fictional stories like Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and Percy Jackson aren't realistic. On the other hand, some stories that include a moral or symbolism should be mirrored to real life. In stories like "The Tortoise and the Hare", the ending teaches you a lesson.

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I believe literature does not necessary have to mirror real life because it is a window for you to escape from the world and travel to another place. I do prefer reading realistic fictions and historical fictions because I am able to relate to it, but genres like fantasy and sci-fi allows reader to take a break from reality. Moreover, literature that are non-realistic can still be a very informative piece. For example Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder is a book about the history of philosophy. Although the storyline itself is rather non-realistic, it educates the reader on the history of philosophy and philosophies of other philosophers. These philosophy not only enhances the knowledge of the reader, but it also helps guide the reader to form their own philosophy. Genres like sci-fi also gives a possible insight to the future of human kind, as shown in The Giver by Lois Lowry. This book is about the Jonas, a twelve year old boy, living in a ideal utopia. He  had just been chosen to receive all the memories of reality from his predecessor, the giver. He endures love and pain in these memories, and realise how the government are taking away the rights of the people knowing the truth. As technology develops and how world leaders are taking control in reality, this might indeed be the future for human kind. Literature that does not mirror real life can be both an escape from reality and a lesson of reality.

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I think that all types of literature mirror real life, it's only a matter of how much. I believe that not all stories should be exactly what you would expect in real life situations, but still the same concept. Books and stories are meant to be creative and not boring. Some people read with the sole purpose of escaping the real world and its happenings. For example, books talking about fairies are unrealistic as there are no such things as fairies, although the fairies in the book usually have to face real life conflicts.
Most stories have morals that you can use in your everyday life, and many of these are directly told to you in children's books but through characters such as animals (pigs, horses, roosters) to replace humans as it usually makes the story more interesting.
Books like Harry Potter involve wizards and the struggles they face are very different from real life, for example slaying dragons and defeating the dark lord. In Harry Potter, he learns about his true self - a wizard - which many people in the real world can face. (Finding identity)
A good example is the Rainbow Magic series. This series is about fairies and the conflicts they faced in their everyday lives and how they overcame it. These books give a moral but still have a bit of creativity with the idea of fairies.

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I believe that literature shouldn't actually "mirror" real life since literature like fantasy fictions are meant to be one thing and reality as another thing. Many famous fiction stories written and published all over the world such as Harry Potter, Percy Jackson stories (The Lightning Thief, The Olympians, The Sea Monster) , Star Wars e.t.c. has many sorts of crazy things like flying brooms, monsters that can turn people into stone with a look in the eye or people making other people fly around with a hand motion shouldn't be connected with reality.

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I think Literature can mirror daily life. Books like Death on the Nile and Evil Under the Sun are intensive stories with puzzling murders that could happen in unexpected crimes. These books can be related to the Las Vegas attack, informing that the world is not safe. The realistic theme keeps the story relatable to our daily life to compare and contrast between our lives and the characters. Moreover, Fantasy stories are very confusing in my opinion. For instance, in Lord Of the Rings, there are about more than 40 characters and 10 main characters. It is very hard to remember their names and their role in the book. Realistic stories have easy concepts, around 3 - 7 characters, and nothing like spells or magical creatures to deal with the character's problems which keeps it exciting to read how they solve a problem or mysteries. In my defense, even though there are more characters in our life, we do not have a strong bond with everyone, the people that I know, they only have a strong relationship with a few people only. I think we should keep literature simple but with advanced symbolisms and meaning.

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I think that literature should not mirror real life because that would not leave us space for creativity. When every single book is about what that has a chance to happen and is the same to real life, authors that write fantasies shall be limited by what us humans have been used to: Books that mirror real life. When we are only reading on about real life, it makes our life very dull. For example the story " Fantastic beasts and where to find them" This story gives us a spark when we see the main character flips a switch and the changes the content of his briefcase into clothes. If it mirrored real life and ran away with a gun it wouldn't be as fun to watch as passing it normally just with a flick of a switch.

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In my opinion, I think that this would depend on the reader itself- if they prefer stepping into a fictional world or read about something that happens in real life. I personally enjoy reading fiction, as it opens up your imagination and gives you an idea of a different world. On the contrary, other books like Stephen King's The Body also gives you some traumatising experiences that you have never seen before, so it really depends on the person and the writing style-How much should the plot mirror real life? How much fantasy should be put in? You can also relate to the characters more as it is happening in real life Though most books do have a tint of real life, and both can give a moral which you can relate to in real life.
An example of a fantasy book would be Harry Potter, a book most people enjoy as it lets you let loose and escape from the real world, and though he is in Hogwarts, a completely different world, there are both realistic and unrealistic problems he has to face- e.g Harry and Ron not accepting Hermione at first (friendship) and also the Triwizard Tournament.

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I think literature shouldn't mirror real life, because there are loads of books in the world that doesn't really mirror reality. This also lets the creativity in the author's mind set free, this could make the book more interesting to read.
In my perspective i think most people would enjoy reading fantasy more than reality, because if you keep reading books about people with iphones walking down the streets and continue in a boring life style it doesn't really interest most people and gets boring easily.
A book that i know called "The Bonemender" isn't based off of reality, it has elves and as the title of the book says bonemenders which are elves. If it was based off of reality, then the title and book cover won't be like what it looks like, it might possibly be about a hospital and it won't be that interesting like how the book is made.

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I don't think that literature always mirrors real life, because sometimes, literature is based on a real life setting or situation, but literature doesn't always fit in real life. Many stories that I read are more in a fantasy world. However many scenarios from either real life or fantasy books has happened in real life.

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I think literature could mirror real life, but it depends on the author. For example, the book "The Body" by Stephen King. It is a coming of age story, it narrates a journey of becoming an adult. This could possibly relate to real life. However if you are talking about like a more fantasy book like the book that we read last year "Percy Jackson". It is more about mytholocal gods and things that don't exisit in real life. It is a myth that some people believe and some don't. In my opionion literature should not mirror real life, because in fantasy books you can think more creatively and the story is not exactly so real or true. In conclusion, I think Literature does not have to mirror real life. It is up to the author and how he or she wants to interact with the readers.

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I think that literature can mirror life because it can be about what the author thinks or the events that have happened in the author's past. But literature can also be in fantasy, adventure genres etc. I think that if literature always mirrored life, it could bore the reader. A book can't necessarily be just about the author, some authors should take in readers' or others' suggestions and use them in their books instead of thinking of what they like or have experienced.

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I think literature can both mirror real life and not mirror real life. I believe this because it will depend on the genre of literature and the reader's perspective. For example: Fiction, fiction can mirror real life, but certain people enjoy reading the genre of fiction, and some people don't. Then there is non - fiction, it is a genre that is about events that have happened in the past, or are currently happening, it mirrors real life too. Depending on the reader, they might like or dislike having stories that mirror real life.

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I don't think that literature always has to mirror life because most of the time literature is used to entertain. If literature mirrors life there wouldn't be fictional stories because fiction is based on things that don't happen in life.
Percy Jaskon is a siries of books that doesn't mirror life because people have all types of powers creatures we don't have in life.

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I think literature doesn't always have to mirror real life. It can, but it doesn't have to. Everyone has their own opinions towards literature. Fantasy or Sci-Fi based fictions allows readers to be in another world

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I think that it really depends on the writer and the reader. If the writer likes to write fantasy, that's fine. That kind of novel will be for those readers who like to read fantasy. If you want to write something related to real life, that's fine as well. It will just be suitable for different readers.

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I think that this really depends on the type of book it is. For example, a sci-fi movie such as Star Wars would not mirror real life, as it would usually have advanced technology and be set in the future. However, books such as The Body do mirror real life, as it is about the possible experience of a child. Therefore, I think that literature mirrors real life to the extent of its genre.

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I think it just depends on what genre the book is. If the genre is fiction, readers could relate the story to themselves easily, since the setting is in real life. When the genre is fantasy, it is much harder to relate the story to yourself because everything was made by the author. I personally like fiction books better because I could relate myself to the characters in the book. Plus, usually the settings in a fiction book is real, so I could visit the places or check it out online.

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I believe that literature does not ned to mirror real life, since it can be used for entertainment purposes or to inform. Therefore, without any fantasy, scientific impossibilities or even any type of fictional story, the reading process would be much boring. Having this can allow us to become more openminded as we will be given more possibilities and more chances to become more accepting as we go on in life. Overall, having a more diverse and accepting community would bring us more advantages through out the world. The chance of us criticising the race, gender or personalities would maybe decrease.