The purpose of a novel

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Author Message   Augustuzziah Newbie Poster Username: Augustuzziah Post Number: 10 Registered: 01-2004 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Sunday, October 23, 2005 - 06:14 pm:        Here is my question - should there be a purpose or a message in every book written or story told. Is a book considered 'good' or important or even literary if it doesn't have some 'deeper meaning' beyond perhaps an entertaining story, where every plot or subplot is brought to a conclusion or every question that is ask is answered.   Cynique "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Cynique Post Number: 2864 Registered: 01-2004 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Sunday, October 23, 2005 - 10:47 pm:        That's a good question. I would think that all a book really has to promise is that the protagonist encounters some form of conflict that by the end of the book has changed him or her in some way.   Chrishayden "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Chrishayden Post Number: 1552 Registered: 03-2004 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Monday, October 24, 2005 - 10:02 am:        <<Every book has a purpose or message even those purporting to be mindless entertainment.