The final lesson in the "What Makes Democracy Work?" series examines the connections between imagination, literature, and democracy. Class members listen to a podcast, read an excerpt from Azar Nafisi's, The Republic of Imagination, and consider how literature permits readers to experience the world from different perspectives. The lesson ends with a discussion of Nafisi's argument that literature can not only change how we perceive and act toward others but how we perceive participation in democracy as well.