We as young scholars can easily comprehend the importance of literature, but if our reach to success is limited to only one source of information then we would not be able to comprehend the full expansion of knowledge. The fictional novel Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury expresses the critical aspects and values of reading books and that censoring out books including fiction limits the knowledge of a society. Although non-fiction adds additional preparation towards the understanding of information of the real world, fiction should absolutely be a primary part of the learning experience at least until college levels because it allows students to expand their imagination to spark creative ideas, does not limit their capability of expression through literature, and gives them a passion to reading.
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To motivate and stimulate the imagination of younger students and provides a strong base structure for older students to create extraordinary effort in their work. Give a student a historical document and have them write an essay about it and watch them struggle as they are limited to the information given within the document. It is true that someone can compare the historical document or any nonfiction article to a fictional example, but there are also limitations to what that person is able to write that is related to the article. Fiction has no limitations to a reader. Whatever they can think of is their own world; it 's their domain. In the article Why our future depends on libraries, reading and daydreaming written by Neil Gaiman, he states that "Fiction can show you a different world. It can take somewhere you 've never been" Whether that place is just in your head or it was actually somewhere you 've visited, the possibilities are endless when it comes to Fictional writing. A strong fictional or even non-fictional writer obtains their inspiration from fictional