Question

Can you guys help me think of a specific topic regarding this quote? I just need one topic to focus on and I cant exactly find one.

Comment on Vladimir Nabokov's contention that a society that no longer creates or values its own myths is essentially "dead". Do you believe we live in a world that no longer produces "myths" or an imaginative way of explain the mysteries of life? Explain. What evidence can you point to? Using a favourite story, explain what, if anything, such narratives reveal about our imagination- starved world and our modern world.

Answer 1

This is a really interesting prompt. The first part is up to you:

> Do you believe we live in a world that no longer produces "myths" or an imaginative way of explain the mysteries of life? (yes / no)

I don't know how flexible you're allowed to be with the definition of "myth" or "imaginative" or "mysteries". I mean, one topic you may want to consider are "urban legends" -- things which people believe to be true, but probably aren't.