<Tab/>Literature as we know it today is completely different than that of 400 years ago. During the time when Moliere was being criticized by the church for writing Tartuffe, nobody would have ever thought that such grotesque stories such as O'Connor's A Good Man Is Hard To Find would ever be socially accepted. Not only do people and societal views change over time, but literature as well. <Tab/&…showed first 75 words of 812 total…

…showed last 75 words of 812 total…was very conservative, and there was a limit to what you could write about. Today, the aristocratic figures are gone, and we live in a world plagued with war, disease, and even poverty. Because of this, it isn't uncommon to see once taboo topics as best sellers. Literature is immortal, and as the world changes and people die, literature will always be there, like a time capsule, showing how we change as time goes on.