Kevin LaZur - Assignment 4

I'm not sure if the study of literature is going to affect me in the future because, while I know that I won't study it outside of high school, the deeper question is whether or not it's going to have an impact on the man I'm going to be, even though I don't connect with literature in the present day.  It doesn't feel like I'm changed by anything we read for a grade, and I sure don't read anything with "literary merit" outside of school. But do the themes of these stories live in my subconscious? Do they tug on the strings controlling my ethical choices, guiding me towards a more whole life? Is there a god?