Literature as a Form of Writing

There are two different types of literature; they consist of the type that is intellectual and meaningful, or the type that is lacking meaning and intellect. An essay is a literary device used to convey a particular message, tell a story, or discuss a particular event. A collection of essays can cover as much information and can be just as long as a novel. David Sedaris is a personal essayist, who writes fragments of his autobiography. The strength of David's personal essays is that he writes them in first person point of view. …