Do you believe that literature is reliant on symbolism and imagery?

You will have your own personal explanation as to why you believe literature to be/not to be necessary to individual and social well-being. think about your own thought processes as you read the story and what information you can pull from a story without having to look back at your reading. gaining knowledge also helps with the social well-being by giving a person the opportunity to grow from the reading.there is use of imagery and symbolism is a lot of stories. in most cases these fit right into the story line and most people do not even recognize them. others find them quite rapidly.native america and europe in the new world. the norton anthology of world literature. new york: w.w. norton & company, inc., 2002. pg. 3066, paragraph 5. print.