The story “On the Danger of Reading Fiction”, Thomas Jefferson clearly shows his dislike for the world of fiction novels. Jefferson has stated that fiction novels are “time lost in that reading” and thinks it should be instructively employed. It’s apparent that anyone who is a fiction novel enthusiast could indeed become offended by the comments made by Jefferson, but at the same time need to understand that he made those comments in an entirely different era than today’s modern way of thinking. There are several comments made by Jefferson besides the ones stated that need to be addressed and understood to be only opinions from a traditional past-minded person.
Jefferson’s take on fiction novels takes a very negative and closed-minded approach. At first I thought he was a little bias towards fiction, but later understood that he just did not like it at all, period. There could be many reasons for this that were not discussed, but nonetheless were clearly expressed in......

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Title: Dangers Of Reading Fiction
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