Do you have a work of art that holds significant value to you? I know I do! While doing my research to figure out exactly what I was going to write about, I actually realized that I find a lot of different types of art meaningful to me. On the other hand though, one specific piece of art has always stuck with me. The Diary of an Oxygen Thief is by far my absolute favorite book of all time. This book was written anonymously, which in my opinion I feel that it makes the book almost even more powerful. The Diary of an Oxygen Thief is about an Irish man living in London who finds enjoyment in emotionally abusing women, but later receives his comeuppance in the best of ways. I value this work because its such a raw, emotional, honest story. The main character, who also happens to be the writer of the story, tells the audience his story on how emotionally abusing women made him feel powerful. He actually states, ” I like hurting women, I get off on it.” and I find that so interesting. How can one man feel absolutely nothing for the poor women that he has hurt? Throughout the writing he falls in love with a woman who does the exact same thing he does. Hurts people. She has men fall in love with her so that later on she can use their genuine emotions for photography. She used and hurt him, he learned his lesson. He ends up staying away from all relationships and women for five years because he feels guilty and ashamed of what he’s done. I’m absolutely in love with this book because it teaches the age old lessons, “what goes around comes around”, and “treat others the way you want to be treated” I fully believe this piece of literature has artistic merit because it is the most uncut, unrefined book I’ve ever read. It was written as if every thought that went through the writers mind, he just wrote down. It’s literally like reading a diary of someones raw emotions and experiences, and I believe that that’s the best way to write and the best way to perceive literature. I 10/10 recommend this book to everyone, definitely worth the read!