National Movements And The Social Evils That Haunting Society Through Literature

Abstract

Literature has proven to be one of the best ways to understand and it was difficult because of some social issues or social problems that affects certain groups of people in a negative way that shapes the world. Some of the few social issues or social evils that provokes the literature to grow further and that primarily wrestles with gender, ethnicity, human rights, casteism, untouchability, colonialism, imperialism and religious orthodoxy. Writers started to express their thoughts with motif as evils begins from the days of Adam and Eve and still people were forced in social evils and issues the force might be political, emotional, social or psychological or economical. The main concern are classes, clashes, oppression and segregation. So, literature is basically the product of social forces and writer cannot help projecting their experience into his writing. The consequences of this weak and wrong mindset are that it develops a slavery mentality, fear of even calculated risk, power and authority, responsibility and accountability also earning through bribes and wrong means loses fighting spirit and when it forced to face its problems. The root of all social evils are wrong doings that can be traced to excessive attachment to material wealth. Thus, literature indeed reflects the society and its good values and its ills and its corrective function literature becomes the mirror to society that realizes its mistake. Literature often reflects social issues because it serves as a mirror to the society, allowing readers to gain insights into human condition and the world around them. By addressing all such social evils and issues through literature provoke critical thinking and that raise awareness and encourage empathy and understanding. So, to prevent all such evils literature become tool and that influenced in education and education becomes a resource to eliminate social evils and it urges us to think and make sense of the world by differentiating between right and wrong and good and bad.