You don't read Gatsby, I said, to learn whether adultery is good or bad but to learn about how complicated issues such as adultery and fidelity and marriage are. A great novel heightens your senses and sensitivity to the complexities of life and of individuals, and prevents you from the self-righteousness that sees morality in fixed formulas about good and evil.
Azar NafisiTags: individuality life reading learning morality society novels insight sensitivity complexities issues self-righteousness
Something as straightforward as a difference could lead to something as complex as a breakdown.
Jeanette WintersonTags: complexities differences breakdown
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