prompt thirteen literature

Literature does not occur in a vacuum. And because literature does not occur in a vacuum naturally it is going to coincide with history. Literature can be used to understand what the people were thinking and feeling at certain times in history. History presetns the facts literature shows the mentality of the people. For example Wheatly lived during a time of slavery and through her work you can understand how she felt about it, she felt it had saved her, but knowing her history it is understood why she thought like that. Then there is Fredrick douglass around the same time but had a very different view. His literary work showed his mentality. And through out literature the historical events are reflected.