An analysis of For the Love of Books “Don't judge a book by its cover” This is a common saying, many people pick up books by what they see. This is not a good way to find a book to read, through doing this then you don't find the good books but instead the books that have a good picture that goes on the top. One woman that had a great passion for reading books. She never liked reading them for a project but she had a love for just sitting down and reading a great book. This woman's name is Rita Dove(b 1952) she did a lot of fun reading and writing as a little girl. One thing most people are great at later in life with what they love to do. Rita Dove wrote an essay named, For the Love of Books, I enjoyed this east because she uses great vocabulary, all of her stories are relatable, and the way that she talks about how she loved reading and even when it was hard books.
First of all the adjectives that are used are great and create a great picture. All of the stories that she tells make it so that I can perfectly picture what is happening. In her essay she talks about a book that she read as a child and she describes it with having an alternate universe.
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When you do something you love then you will spent all of your time doing it. Which is why most athletes spent most of their time doing what they love. Even when the sets were hard, they still push themselves to do better and too achieve greatness. Dove explains this in her essay, she shares a moment in her childhood. Dove stated, “I found beautiful but rather adult; and finally wandered into the plays- first Romeo and Juliet” Even in about third grade she picked up William Shakespeare, which is a hard read for anyone let alone a third grader. She later states that she loved it some because she didn't have to test on it. But also because she loved the tales told. She was never able to understand what it truly meant or said but she loved the little
My parents have always stressed the importance of reading. Throughout my whole life, they have motivated me to read and they have encouraged me to find books that I find interesting to read. Because of their encouragement, I am an avid reader today. When I was a child, just starting to enjoy reading I liked to read books that were fiction. Some of my favorite books to read as a child are series that I still love today and I think I still have every book in each series stored in my attic. They are The Boxcar Children, Junie B. Jones, and The Magic Tree House.
When you read, especially fiction, you experience a broad sweep of human life. You gain access to the thoughts of others, look at history through another person’s eyes and learn from their mistakes, something that you otherwise would not be able to experience.
“This Life” What is Rita Dove trying to say with this poem? How do people how this? The author of this poem Rita Dove. Rita born was born on August 28th, 1952 in Akron, Ohio. She lived with her mother and father.
The pictures say a lot, however, with petite information. The artwork she displays are somehow complex, and one gets to understand their meaning over time as she uses vivid imagination to bring out facts and fiction together.
... The surprising acts of the mother and the descriptions, which are presented to us from her, are very conclusive and need to be further examined to draw out any further conclusions on how she?really? felt. I have a lot of fun. The mother-daughter relationship between the narrator and her daughter brings up many questions as to their exact connection.
A character’s attempt to recapture the past is important in many poems and stories. " Fifth Grade Autobiography" by Rita Dove, succeeds at recapturing the poet's past. The poem's speaker is a the author and the addresse is the audience. The subject of the poem is one of remembrance. The tone is childlike, innocent and sadness and the theme is reminiscent. We discover the poet is describing a particular memory that shows reverence and longing for her grandfather, who is dead at the time she writes the poem. Dove recaptures memories as a child on a particular day and her interaction with her brother and grandparents especially her grandfather with great detail. The author recaptures the memory in the poem by looking at an old photo and describing, the things that were taking time at the place of the picture not exactly what is pticutred..
In “The Lonely, Good Company of Books,” by Richard Rodriguez, you learn that Rodriguez had read hundreds of books before he was a teenager, but never truly understood what he was reading. His parents never encouraged him to read and thought the only time you needed to read, was for work. Since his parents never encouraged Rodriguez to read it effected how he perceived books.
Ever since I was a child, I've never liked reading. Every time I was told to read, I would just sleep or do something else instead. In "A Love Affair with Books" by Bernadete Piassa tells a story about her passion for reading books. Piassa demonstrates how reading books has influenced her life. Reading her story has given me a different perspective on books. It has showed me that not only are they words written on paper, they are also feelings and expressions.
My dad taught me that books could be my teachers, my mom taught me that our backyard could be my classroom, and my sister showed me that you could bring books into the swimming pool. I did not know it when I would spend hours in the pool reading a book that my parents weren’t encouraging it in vain, but my family life, for good reason, was centered on books. We were the planets orbiting around one sun that was the bookshelf. Little did I know that books would be the catalyst to academic success in my early life, and I owe it all to my family. Although a life with a book in your nose might seem boring, I was never bored. Living through the characters vicariously, I explored Narnia with Lucy, attended Hogwarts with Harry, and rode dragons with Eragon. Of course
Her story was interesting to read, but she over exaggerated every detail, making it perplexing to read. “In Case You Ever Want to Go Home Again’s” transitions were non-existent, confusing me further. I could picture minute snippets of the essay, but the overall depiction was not clear. Furthermore, her narration had minimal dialogue; constructing a conversation in this story would recover this essay from the gutter it was in. If the author used transitions, dialogue, and used direct descriptions, her essay would have been renovated
The author did a great job on using the story to show what happened to her when she had the same problem. With her writing the story about events
By appreciating literature, one not only receives a wonderful story but is also given the chance to grow with the characters and learn
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I read voraciously as a child. I grew up in a college town and spent my summers in Middlebury, Vt, where my father taught summer school. That meant I was surrounded by libraries and by people who love to read and discuss literature. During the Vermont summers, one of my favorite places was Middlebury College's rare books room where I read first-edition Louisa May Alcott novels.
As I mentioned earlier all my experience with books and reading were not bad. I was in middle school when I read two books that I really captivated my attention. One was a biography of Harriet Tubman and the story of the Underground Railroad. I admired Harriet Tubman for her selfness and dedication to freeing slaves.