James Salter
In “Once Upon a Time, Literature. Now What?” published writer James Salter discusses the end of literature in today’s society. He says that's literature is losing it value and art and language are no longer appreciated. The new pop culture is taking over and the new movies and music no longer have any real meaning to them, it's just about success and making money. Value is something has been cast aside. There is no value in the word value anymore. The most important task in the world according to Salter is learning to speak. He says many things in this world would exist but would never be described without language. Written language is extremely important to him, as are books. Salter is frustrated that the spoken languages gets to live on,
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He uses the fallacy oversimplification in the very beginning of his essay by stating that without language there is nothing, the world's beauty could not be described, feelings wouldnt be expressed, God and religion could not be discussed. He is using this fallacy to persuade us that we owe it to language for the ability to speak about these different things. Salter then argues the written languages is just as important and of all written literature, books are the most important. He talk about how the editor of a German fashion magazine named Erich Maria Remarque quit his job to write a novel and the issues of the magazine, the lunches and dinners and the models al have disappeared, but the novel is still read and matter. Language and literature are important to this world, but I do not agree they are the most important tasks in life. We need language to communicate to one another and literature helps educate us. But learning to take your first steps can be an important task as well. If you were deaf and could not speak, as an infant you would learn to communicate differently You wouldn't speak to learn common things in life such as when you need to go to the restroom, the right utensil to use when eating, how to brush your hair and have good hygeine. Salter says animals cannot speak, but they can still communicate with us. Dogs somehow communicate to us when they are hungry, need to use the restroom, want us to pet them. Speaking is important, but not everyone can speak to communicate to one
He uses the fallacy oversimplification in the very beginning of his essay by stating that without language there is nothing, the world's beauty could not be described, feelings wouldnt be expressed, God and religion could not be discussed. He is using this fallacy to persuade us that we owe it to language for the ability to speak about these different things. Salter then argues the written languages is just as important and of all written literature, books are the most important. He talk about how the editor of a German fashion magazine named Erich Maria Remarque quit his job to write a novel and the issues of the magazine, the lunches and dinners and the models al have disappeared, but the novel is still read and matter. Language and literature are important to this world, but I do not agree they are the most important tasks in life. We need language to communicate to one another and literature helps educate us. But learning to take your first steps can be an important task as well. If you were deaf and could not speak, as an infant you would learn to communicate differently You wouldn't speak to learn common things in life such as when you need to go to the restroom, the right utensil to use when eating, how to brush your hair and have good hygeine. Salter says animals cannot speak, but they can still communicate with us. Dogs somehow communicate to us when they are hungry, need to use the restroom, want us to pet them. Speaking is important, but not everyone can speak to communicate to one