Why Do We study Literature?

Literature helps us learn about other peoples lives. We learn how other people live and how they deal with different situations. We can compare our own lives with those of the characters of books and make conclusions about our own lifestyles from these books.
Some people read as an added sense of security, if they read about other peoples lives even if they are not real lives sometimes their life seems great and even better then they thought it was in the first place and this makes them feel better about themselves. Other people read to gain knowledge about other areas of the world and other lifestyles because they are unable to travel to these places and meet these types of people. For science fiction fans you can escape to an imaginary world and forget about the real world while you are reading which is a great escape from reality.