Well, growing up my mom would read many stories to my brother and I, but two different ones seem to stand out. " I'll Love you Forever" and " Too Many Animals Sleep in my Bed" were my all time favorite books when I was little. My mom would read the first sentences on each page, and then my brother and I would say the end of the pages, because they were always the same. Actually, when I was home over Christmas break, I noticed my mom had those two books sitting up on a shelf in her room, so I took them down and read them again. My mom mentioned that when I was younger I explained to her that I especially liked " Too Many Animals Sleep in my Bed" because it had a pattern...a rhyme. It's so funny because now I am such a organized person and I like things that have a "pattern."

Some more recent memories involving literature would include "Redeeming Love." When my husband and I first started dating he left for a missions trip to Africa, leaving me with a lot of extra time I needed to fill. I was never much of a reader, but I needed to pass the time, and someone recommended it to me. At the time I had recently given my life back to Christ and this book really opened my eyes to what God's love is all about. I never wanted to stop reading. "Redeeming Love" touched my life and gave me a stronger passion for literature.

I believe the most important role of literature is to provide knowledge and information. You can learn so much from reading. The best part about it though is that literature is not just about learning. You can also read stories for your pleasure.

I would say the one downfall about literature, is that you cannot always learn everything from it. Such as in textbooks I have for Education, not everything is true for every student. A lot is learned by getting out there and learning from experience.