The Reason We Read.

If you have no intention of feeling for the characters, what’s the point in reading a story?

Some people open a book and begin reading with a closed-mindedness I cannot fathom. Fiction is a gateway into another world, one you – the reader – have willingly opened the door to. Why would you not think about what you’ve chosen to read? Why would you not wish to understand?

Is it not even easier to feel, when you’re reading non-fiction? When you know that the torments that have been put into words actually occurred?

You are not reading to compare the protagonist’s trials to your own. You are reading to feel.