Literature is how someone perceives it, like if you pull a sentence out of a story, newspaper, recipe, etc.
Theory of Mind is a critical tool in reading and understanding literature. It is mind reading, empathy, creative imagination of another perspective. In order to understand a line of work from the mind of someone else you have to have a theory of mind. To be able to take someone else's words and apply them to how you feel; it is also a necessity for human communication. All literary interpretation draws on a basis in theory.
Theory of Mind- to be able to comprehend another work of literature. "Look" into the mind of another and pull the information from their head (through their words) and place it in yours. Sounds complicated but one must know how they use this tool to understand literature. This is why this is such a demanded tool for readers.
