What's the point of reading fiction?

>>9917527
>the point
>the
what a totalitarian notion

What's the point of reading?

>>9917527
What's the point of posting frogs on a Zimbabwean rock art forum?

entertainment

Reflection and contemplation. More raw input than everyday experience.

>>9917527
The same reason you posted that pepe – the image swiftly expresses a certain sentiment.

Fiction - whether it be the religious poetry of Dante, the heroic epics of Homer, the plays of Shakespeare, the satire of Rabelais, Ariosto and Cervantes, or the novels of Dostoevsky - has an inherent capacity to pictorially reflect human nature, discourse on theology, grapple with philosophy, evoke strong emotions, deepen our capacity for empathy and widen our intellectual horizon.

That is speaking of good fiction, of course. Normie tier fiction is just plain escapism with a momentary entertainment value. Nothing wrong with that occasionally, but it's sad to see so many read this form exclusively.

To escape this miserable existence and experience a fantasy world that seems more real than my life

>>9917611
>not reading just before going to sleep to dream about what you just read and many years later have those dreams tangled with real events to the point you don't know for certain if it was you who went out on a boat to catch the biggest sword fish known to man.

>>9917611
No, that's the purpose of anime.

>>9917639
Anime is the natural evolution of books though. VR Anime next

>>9917527
what's the point of asking such obnoxious fucking fuckbrain questions?