dont hate me

Everything in literature is subjective. As students we are (rarely) taught that literature, like art, is all about how the one viewing it perceives it. For example, one person could read a book and get one meaning out of it, while another could think it meant something completely different. Neither of these readers are wrong, in fact, they are both very right. Writers are artists, they write to help people understand life better. Viewers of art (although unaware) always add their own subjective feelings to art based on events they are experiencing at that time. Reading The Sound and the Fury got me thinking, and i don't understand why we are searching for what Faulkner meant it as. That's not its purpose. The purpose of the book, or any book, is to simply read it- take it for what it is to YOU- THE READER. I think i talk about this subject a lot, just because I'm very passionate about it (and a little rebellious). Also, on a side note, writing and reading is supposed to help one relax, which is why i have never understood why so much stress is added with classes such as literature. Like right now, writing this is helping me relax. That's what literature is for. Its a way to express yourself, reading or writing. To help you understand or accept this world we all live in. And that is all i have to say.