“Fifty million or more persons read a newspaper each day of the week. About the same number watch the news on television each day” (McCombs 1). No doubt, world events affect literature, art, and almost every facet of life. World events affected literature beginning with ancient literature and continues to do so today. The fact is that world events have affected literature from the earliest of times to the present. Many authors have been affected as world events begin to open their literature to the world.