e arguments and enables a person to accept various points of views. This method collects many different ideas and allows a person to decide which idea they find most accepting. Unlike religious teachings, literature does not provide a higher status to one believe then the other. Literature calls to our minds and imagination. By removing literature you remove the freedom and you are mind is locked up and your progress to succeed will be greatly hindered. Finally, literature provides us with an opportunity to question and deeply look into the things we believe. Rushdie states, "It is for art to capture that experience, to offer it to, in the case of literature, its reader; to be, for a secular, materialistic culture, some sort of replacement for what love of god offers in the world of faith" (p. 8). In a sense, this provides voices to the moments of transcendence. It also teaches us who we really are instead of telling us who we should be. It offers us maps of our inner-selves. It eliminates rules, and provides one with on opportunity to regulate their own diet on the never journey to acquire the truth. To Rushdie, literature is the highest form of art and is a far more influential then religion. It presents us with an open and free space for discussion and aids us in transcending past the imprisonment represented to us by the sacred and secular worlds. It operates as a mediator between the material and spiritual worlds.Rushdie is convinced that the art of literature is the highest form of art, is a necessity in the improvement and progression of our society as a whole. It permits individuals to debate, fully and freely their personal views. It eliminates all the obstacles that restrain secular transcendence. Thereby, literature can evidently be acknowledged as the third principle which mediates between the material and spiritual worlds. ...
