Books are precious pieces that improve one’s knowledge and help define one’s personality by relating themselves to characters within the text. As Vladimir Nabokov said in Good Readers and Good Writers “The reader should identify himself or herself with the hero or heroine.”(Nabokov, 973) I always believed that by reading a book you become one with yourself by somehow feeling all the problems of the characters and become completely absorbed in their world, therefore feeling like you have a purpose as you read.…
Jimmy Santiago Baca made books essential, let language free him from his physical restraints, and he wrote an essay resonated with me loudly. Writing is freedom and allowed Baca to find his voice. Although the content that you can read can be monitored, no one can stop the voice that is inside your head. That inner voice then flows to paper, and without interruption or interjection it becomes the purest form of…
The art of literature will never die. Many people believe that there has been a decline in the reading and writing of literature, one of those people Dana Gioia wrote “Why Literature Matters” and she argues that the younger people of america although have had an increase in education their reading of literature has had a steep decline in recent years . Dana begins building her credibility with facts and sources, citing convincing facts and statistics, and successfully employing emotional appeal throughout the passage. Throughout the piece she uses many strong facts to strengthen her credibility and to appeal to logos, as well as build her argument.…
Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home. ― Anna Quindlen, How Reading Changed My Life…
Dana goes on to state that it is very hard to ignore how literature is important to civic, personal, and economic health. The decline of literary reading shows serious long-term social and economic, and Dana believes it is time to bring literature and other arts into public policy. Addressing the reading issue will help the leadership of politicians and the business community.…
Books are a large part of my life. I have always had many opportunities to read and they have all been positive experiences. These experiences include my teachers and my parents and how they have always showed and encouraged me to read and XXXXXXX.…
His schooling expanded his vocabulary and in turn, made him the writer he was known as.…
What matters most in books is the message or lesson learned, not the way the author…
“Reading good literature won’t make a reader a better person any more than just sitting in a church, synagogue, or mosque will. But reading good books well just might.” This quote is from the article “How Reading Makes Us More Human.” It shows that although the common belief is that reading will make us better people, it doesn’t mean anything to us unless we really know how to comprehend the book itself and allow it to influence our decisions. A text that applies to this idea is A Raisin in the Sun. It is just a normal book until you take it to a new realization and apply it to much more. Through this book, I have learned how characters are influenced by their surroundings, how pieces of the book connect to this quote, and how my life has been influenced by the actions of characters throughout the book.…
Anne Lamott said, “Good literature substitutes for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through.” Good literature allows individuals to live through events which they have not encountered in their lives. I agree with this quote because I believe it is true. This quote is shown to be true through the books, Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens and Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. In both pieces of literature, characters had an experience which we haven’t had or been through. Books help us understand the situations that we haven’t faced yet.…
“The only worthwhile literature is that which makes you think about you own life.” This statement is valid for many reasons like, sometimes you can compare the story to your own life, it makes you think about what you said and done to other people, and the story can be a real eye opener and could possibly help you get your life back on track to the road of success. Two works of literature that support this quote are A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Spark and To Save a life by Jim and Rachel Britts.…
In his article Reading to Write, Stephen King presents the idea that reading is the most important part of becoming a writer. King states “If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all other: Read a lot and write a lot” (2013, p.178). He goes on to say that even now after being an accomplished an…
The desire for power, fear, and self-preservation can cause people to change in ways one could not imagine. In the story, Night by Elie Wiesel, and Gerda Weissman Klein’s All But My Life, the authors share their tragic experiences from their times in Nazi concentration camps. In Addition, Klein’s All But My Life shows her experience in many different concentration camps for three years and how differently female inmates were treated than male. In Wiesel’s Night, he discusses his experience of being sent to Auschwitz along with his father for a year and how the tragedies he endured transformed his character. In Addition, Klein’s All But My Life shows her experience in many different concentration camps for three years and how differently female…
<br>Richard Wright, in his essay "Discovering Books," explains how reading books changed his outlook on life and eventually his life itself. The first book that widened his horizons was an overtly controversial book by H. L. Mencken. I have a story not so dissimilar from his.…
Leaving me to my own devices gave me ample time to do anything I wanted to. However, with my seemingly endless energy, I quickly exhausted that path. The only logical thing was to find a new fix; and that is where my story begins. This curiosity to find new ways to keep myself occupied led me through my search for a fix and I stumbled upon books and their vast knowledge bank. Seems like fate had already decided which book I would first pick . I chose a nonfiction book that day, the single, most important moment of my life. And it began my thirst to know everything in life.…