What is Protest LiteratureProtest literature conveys different definitions and meanings. According to Stauffer, "there is no common understanding of protest literature; the term has been used to mean almost all literature or no literature." Therefore, each genre can be described as "protest literature" because literature is a way and art of showing emotions, values ​​and concerns. Because of the uncertainty of the definition, Stauffer provides a wide range of norms that can help classify literature according to his views. Stauffer enumerates a series of norms that help classify what he means by protest literature. First, he defined protest literature as a language that changes society and the self. Furthermore, Stauffer went deeper by describing literature as a "catalyst or mirror of social change". Furthermore, some of the necessary requirements for protest literature indicated by Stauffer are three. They are empathy and symbolic action, where empathy promotes shock value, inspires emotions and desires, and symbolic action supports interpretation. Although almost all literature can be called protest literature in the sense that it all describes a point of theme or point of view, protest literature must be written specifically for change. In other words, the writer must have specific goals for change in society or individuals from the beginning. Therefore, the effects of protest literature cannot be simply spontaneous or accidental. Furthermore, protest literature cannot be judged by its effectiveness. This shows that protest literature fails to persuade or 'convert' even one individual, the literature is still considered a success because a point has been made which results in recognition... in the middle of the paper... exactly them where or which direction to take. Slowly it moves back and forth, back and forth, then faster and faster it moves up and down. His blue shirt billows in the breeze like a tattered kite. The world turns wildly: east turns west, north turns south; the four cardinal points meet in his head.Mother!Where do I come from?When will I wear long pants?Why did my father go to prison?Works Cited-Boy on a Swing by Oswald M. Mtshali-Corruption:Lament by Sam Chrenyan- Dance the Guns to Silence by 100 Poems for Ken Saro-Wiwa-Fields of Gold- Children of Poverty by Jan Weeratunga-Prophets Of Protest: Reconsidering The History Of American Abolitionism,Ed,Timothy Patrick McCarthy and John Stauffer,New York:The New Press ,2006,pp 23-38-Protest poetry:The voice of conscience,Ananda P.Srestha,CNAS JOURNAL,VOL 27,No 2,(July 2000)