Dear George Will and Stephen Greenblatt, i hate you.

Although this text was very confusing and challenging for me to read I'm going to attempt to analyze and explain it's points. :) These two debates written by George Will and Stephen Greenblatt are based upon the idea of whether or not a certain piece of literature is always going to reflect political beliefs or if an author's text is influenced by politics, colonization, religion, and other things of that matter that can also be interpreted differently throughout generations. George Will believes that a certain piece of literature is always going to reflect political beliefs and states in the text that "All literature is, whether writers are conscious of it or not, political." By stating this Will makes it very clear that all literature is meant to mean something very specific and all major authors, although they may not realize it, are always going to produce a work that reflects political beliefs. On the other side of the debate, Stephen Greenblatt thinks that an author's text is influenced by politics, colonization, religion, and other things of that matter that can also be interpreted differently throughout generations. In his article Stephen Greenblatt states that "A love for literature may help to forge community, but it is a community founded on imaginative freedom, the play of language, and scholarly honesty, and no t on flag waving, boosterism and conformity." In this statement, Stephen Greenblatt is saying that although a piece of literature may reflect and create an idea of political view, the most important part of writing is the fact that the author has the freedom to be imaginative and write to an audience that may interpret their writings in each a different way. In my opinion I agree with Stephen Greenblatt considering I feel that when I read a piece of literature I usually relate to the creative and individuality of the authors writing and not so much the political aspect of it. This may be because I don't pay much attention to politics as it is so my opinion and view on this may change as I get older and become more involved in politics. Although I personally agree with Stephen Greenblatt I think that both of these men made very strong and interesting points within their debates.