" The more that you read ,the more things you will know. The more that I learn, the more places you'll go" Dr. Seuss wrote this in his book I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!. I found this to be very true in my life and most others who take comfort in grabbing a book and getting lost in it's pages.There is a book club here at COS in it's very first year. You may have not have heard of it yet, but it goes by the name of The Giant Book Club. It's a purpose is to inspire students to read and discuss literary works. It is a atmosphere where it encourages educational,professional and personal growth.
Books are a medium of escape for me, I am a dreamer by nature. Getting lost in my head is a natural thing for me. When I find that when life gets crazy and stressful I need to escape to a quiet place. Most times That place is in a book.For me reading a book for entertainment is a intimate action. There have been too many times that when i start a book I can't put it down because the emotional and physiological investment that his put into the story.
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For a bit of time the world fades away and the story plays out in your mind. I am way more involved in reading than watching a show or movie. Don't get me wrong I love watching them, it's just I don't feel the same gratification I get in reading a book. The movie plays out no matter what,you can be on the phone and get the jiff of the movie. With a book you have to put the work in. The act of reading a book to it's end is very satisfying. What is even better is discussing the ideas of the book with those who have read
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.
I am positively in love with books. I love the feeling that I am having a conversation with the author. One of my favorite books, Looking for Alaska by John Green, generates that emotion every time I open it. Its ambiguous nature allows me to discover something new each time, like I am uncovering a new layer of a dear friend with every turn of the page.
Over the years, as time passes by I have become to better understand myself and learn what captures and disappoints my attention. As a young boy I would think no books pertaining to school or gaining beneficial knowledge would ever interest me. As I read and learned about different cultures and heard mesmerizing stories of Prophets I became eager to read more along with interesting worldly based novels. Miraculous real life events and interesting action based novels are the only stories that grab my attention. This has been the case for me for some time and I continue to learn and explore to see what else I can find that interests me.
Each year as I grow old, I tend to discover and learn new things about myself as a person as well as a reader, writer and a student as a whole. My educational journey so far has been pretty interesting and full of surprises. Back in Bangladesh where I studied until high school, my interest for learning, reading or writing was so very different compared to how it has become over the years. I could relate those learning days to Richard Rodriquez’s essay “The lonely Good Company of Books”. In the essay the author says, “Friends? Reading was, at best, only a chore.”(Rodriguez, page 294). During those days I sure did feel like reading was a chore for me and how I was unable to focus and I could never understand what all those jumbled up words ever meant. It was quite a struggle for me in class when the teachers used to assign us reading homework. I felt like reading a book was more difficult or painful than trying to move a mountain. Just like how moving a mountain is impossible, trying to find an interest in reading was
While watching a film you basically watch a story created of an imagination and reading a story is more like creating your own imagination. Apart from narrating the storyline in depth, books explain the thoughts going through a characters' minds while performing an action, which lets you connect with them better and immerse yourself deeper in the story. In a film many elements like music and background set up is used to depict the thoughts of the character but while reading a story the words and language used creates the imagination and makes the reader feel from his own perspective which is very difficult to convey through a
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
As a child, I have always been fond of reading books. My mother would read to me every single night before I went to bed and sometimes throughout the day. It was the most exciting time of the day when she would open the cabinet, with what seemed to be hundreds of feet tall, of endless books to choose from. When she read to me, I wanted nothing more than to read just like her. Together, we worked on reading every chance we had. Eventually I got better at reading alone and could not put a book down. Instead of playing outside with my brothers during the Summer, I would stay inside in complete silence and just read. I remember going to the library with my mom on Saturdays, and staying the entire day. I looked forward to it each and every week.
Literature connects us in ways we did not know we were connected. It explores themes that are critical to society that many are not aware of. Literature not only improves our reading skills but improves our understanding of the world. Life on earth would become better if individuals were attracted to literature. Literature changes individuals in ways they did not know. Before, I would notice literature and never explore it like we did in this course. In my opinion, I thought literature was not for me and I was not at the point to explore literature. Now I know that those ideas I had were false and literature can truly change an
Reading a book is in many ways the same as exercising the muscles in your arm, as you are feeding your brain new information and ideas of life. Life is short and I believe that you should always be positive and do the things that you want without people telling you that you are wrong. The following Novels have taught me various aspects, which I have and still am using to make my life a memorable one as well as a positive one.
Yes, I know skipping part of the book is a crime against storytelling and should be banned immediately. Regardless, the majority of people still like movies because of the visual aesthetic of storytelling. People give up reading books all the time because of their length and the time commitment needed. For those who aren’t committed enough to sit down and read, movies are a great alternative to reading since we don’t have to imagine what’s going on, it is presented to us as a motion picture. An article published in the Association for Psychological Science concluded that the brain is attracted to the onset of motion (citation). Consider movies as the young storyteller that wants to take you to new places. New places in which all sorts of adventures are possible. Don’t make it the only source of stories, think of it as a single tool that lies in your tool bag. Only after you look hard enough will you find it, and in doing so, find what you
Reading leave me a lot of good things, such as learning what is going on around the
Literature has many purposes, and opens doors to unique worlds. Through Literature, we discover ourselves and world time and again.
People have to be determined and focused in order to complete a whole book. Everyone has, at some point of their life tried to read a book and some have even given up after battling to read through the first page. On the other hand, watching movies is easy and can save a lot of time. Usually a movie takes about two hours, while reading a book could take more than a week or even months for some readers. Individuals think perusing books and watching movies are the same, so they will watch the movie for their time 's sake. Also, watching movies provide superior picture about the story since it is visual and is within a short timeframe so, the audience can remember the story easier. To add more, you can complete a movie in one sitting while to complete a book, you have to work hard and give a lot time for it. Furthermore, you can do anything while watching movies. For instance, you can do your assignment while watching movies or cook food and watch movies. On the other hand, while reading a book, you need to be fully focused on it else you don’t understand what’s happening in the story. Besides, movies continue renewing each week, whereas for a book to be composed and distributed takes a lot of time (Lee, wordpress.com). Before movies were made, most of the population read books to engage and improve themselves. Since movies came out, people are pulled in by the delightful and bright representation in the motion
Just like waking up in the morning and inhaling my first conscious-breath of the day, reading is something essential to me. As I child, I used to dream of having my own and private reading place where I would sit and spend my whole day reading my favorite books without any disturbance. Thanks to my dreams, I now have a wonderful private library in my house. This place is not similar to any other ordinary library but a mini place where you can find a massive number of interesting books of different varieties.