The Importance of Literature in this Age of Social Media

Literature always anticipates life.

It does not copy it but, moulds it to its purpose.

- Oscar Wilde

Have you ever thought of a world without literature? let's take you there...look at the adverse effect of social media causing mass destruction instead of advancing the civilization.

Social media causes lack of emotional connection. it gives people a license to be hurtful. on extreme point, it allows people to say things that they can't say or get away with in person. this is very disappointing that social media is being used as a way to hurt people as if they forget that there are real people behind the screen which can also be referred as cyber bullying, which is one of the worst things about social media. it gives access to most people to tease other people without even being traced. they bully people on a public platform which conveys the inauthentic expression of feelings. People are lacking authenticity due to social media and Loosing the humanity inside them. social media is also being used for hacking which can be said as an act of robbing in someone's house or you can just say that destroying someone's privacy without their permission which is leading to suicidal attempts mostly in the teens and kids. social media is diminishing understanding and thoughtfulness of people. the quality of conversations between people has been drop due to social media. I believe that people are spending so much time on time online but they don't always feel or understand the feelings and emotions as a basic human. social media has ruined thoughtfulness which is encouraging people to create a skewed self-image. people lie about themselves develop something that they are not. They are trying to pretend a perfect image of themselves and some of them actually try to rely on that imaginative thought they have of their selves instead of staying true to who we are. which is ultimately eliminating the sense of trust and honesty in society and encouraging fake things. And, when they get disappointed by the reality check which life gives all of us once we're on a wrong track which they can't handle and, then suffers from insecurities and depression.

All of it is primarily because they lack the humanity and