Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-33074009-20170910174343

Social structure is the foundation to most literary works; it does not matter the time period it was written. It is defined as “the internal institutionalized relationships built up by persons living within a group (such as a family or community) especially with regard to the hierarchical organization of status and to the rules and principles regulating behavior.” (Social Structure.) Usually, one tries to incorporate the life of the characters at best, but use social structure to play a major role in the life of each character. Social structure is something that dictates the fate of the end of the story. It may not be a feature that is seen so often, but it is included.   In many stories or poems, social structure is what allows for reader’s imagination to wander. It allows us to think about what may happen next, regardless of an individual’s circumstance. It is clear that individuals throughout the story try to change their reality, and the narrator does well to show the initiative taken. Literary elements allow readers to become part of a fantasy world, and make comparisons to their reality. There begin to realize that there is still famine, there is still tragedy going around, living in a world where social structure plays an important role of one’s everyday life. They just never know how it impacted the way they live, the types of books they enjoy reading, and their education. 11 