In terms of readers, Chen Ying-chen argued five or six years ago that in a mass consumption society, enjoyment and accumulation become the things people most care about. Because of this, most literature explores personal experience.
至於讀者方面，陳映真早在五、六年前就察覺到：在大眾消費社會中，官能的快樂、享樂主義、財物的獲得和積存等，成為人們最關切的問題；也因此，富裕社會中的文學多半侷限在探討個人經驗﹘ ﹘疏離、漠然、人際溝通的阻絕、以及無休止的各種欲求﹘﹘等主題上。