Kendall Question 2

Is it worthwhile to acknowledge that one is pretending to feel certain emotions about a narrative work or is it better to just feel the “pretend” human emotion and enjoy the work? Is it better living in the darkness about this particular human phenomenon?

I do not think it is worthwhile to think this way but I think that it is important to think about the quality work through literature, music, art, and film. There is good art and bad art, of course, and I think it is more important to think about and analyze the good art which has meaning to human beings. Human beings search for meaning and for knowledge and I believe that they can find that from analysis of good art. Even watching a film for the umpteenth time, one can still feel emotion and while that may be pretending, there is something to be gained from this imaginary emotion, a glimpse into what it really feels like.

I admire when people simply enjoy a great work of literature or a magnificent piece of art, but I think that there is something more to think about with especially profound ideas in literature.