Satisfaction

People have a certain taste for entertainment. Its either action, comedy or romance (fantasy and supernatural included in action) movies or books that capture us. Some people have imaginations that can fill books and hours of film time. Others, have little imagination or none at all to fuel them in life. Imagination is key to writing a book or screenplay. Take Stephanie Meyers for example--She took Vampires and Werewolves (shape-shifters) and made them into real characters with personalities and feelings. The romance aspect of it was brilliant, with the usage of the typical teenager and hopeless romantic age of this decade. Now, how about Harry Potter? J.K. Rowling created a world in which has everything we desire. An easier way to live life, a better and more opaque taste in reality and fantasy. There is action, suspense, strong character development, intense lessons and morals and even the short, sweet romance that readers soak in after so much drama and tragedy. Then there are the classics. What makes a classic, well, classic? Take Lord of the Rings for example. What made it timeless and classical? The other-worldly-ness we all desire. Get the connection here? We are not satisfied with our world, our fallen and sin-ridden world. We all want to go to Heaven, so we imagine it to the best of our ability, substituting it with Legends and Myths. We tie science into it and logic. Logic comes from the word, Legend, therefore, it entices us more than your typical non-fiction book of biographies and auto-biographies, although some are so brilliantly written and lived, its hard not to envy their lives. It all comes down to the fact that we want and need something that we don't have. The problem with the world is us.