Conclusion

Abstract

Man is also what he thinks he is. What we make of our human condition is itself a part of that condition. As sensitive observers of our situation, great writers are not just commenting on what they see happening in their world. They are not impartial observers, giving us clinical, merely factual reports in a fictional garb: they share with us their evaluations as well. In reading their works, we sense that they are not indifferent to the question of whether we succeed or fail in formulating and implementing our objectives. They reorient and redirect our consciousness by showing us the consequences and implications of embracing certain values or of flaunting them. In that sense, great artists also play a normative role and contribute to the making of our cultural climate. They are not only meteorologists but also weather-makers.