Impact When reading a book, I try to be able to relate myself to the narrator by putting myself in their shoes. I often find myself engulfed in books that I can relate to my life. Often books can work with your emotions and hook onto your. Books have impacted my life by helping me realize that I am not alone in my situations. Books used to be my escape from the world when I felt that I was the only one with my problems. Thirteen Reasons Why is one of the best books that I have ever let myself become obsessed with. The new Netflix series does not do it justice. When I was a freshman, I was going through a lot of hard times with having no one there for me. In Thirteen Reason Why, a girl tells the thirteen reasons why she killed herself. The
...ic struggle over woman. In the first Hunger Games Peeta and Katniss played each other off as lovers, however Peeta actually has feelings for Katniss. Peeta and Katniss got married because The Capitol forced them to but Katniss does not have any feelings for Peeta. The second connection I made in Chapter 9 was if someone tries to protect their family more than themselves. Katniss was not necessarily protecting her family but protecting Peeta. Katniss went into The Games not trying to win, but trying to keep Peeta Alive and let him win. I think that making connections with literature can allow you to understand the book or story in more depth. I think that I will greatly benefit from reading How To Read Literature Like a Professor and enjoy books more when I make connections to The Bible or Shakespeare or knowing what a meal scene is actually trying to portray.
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.
For me, reading as well as rereading, books such as Junie B Jones, Berenstain Bears, or the Harry Potter series, impacted my life immensely by increasing my vocabulary, developing my vital language skills and many more developmental skills. In the past, being literate meant beating kids in how many books I could read and being able to comprehend difficult vocabulary, but now being literate in the adult world means developing new and creative ideas or being able to prosper an opinion based on facts and previous knowledge.
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.
How does reading a story benefits an individual and improve his or her daily life? Extensive reading does not only serve as an entertainment purpose, but it is also beneficial to many readers because reading fiction can help enhance a person’s understanding of the type of society the reader lives in. For example, the famous novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is regarded as a brilliant work of literature, for it offers a detailed glimpse of the American life in the 1920s and comments on various social problems during that time period. The novel tells the story of a mysterious millionaire named Jay Gatsby who lives in the fictional town of West Egg, located on Long Island, during the summer of 1922. Gatsby wants to pursue his first
I began to read not out of entertainment but out of curiosity, for in each new book I discovered an element of real life. It is possible that I will learn more about society through literature than I ever will through personal experience. Having lived a safe, relatively sheltered life for only seventeen years, I don’t have much to offer in regards to worldly wisdom. Reading has opened doors to situations I will never encounter myself, giving me a better understanding of others and their situations. Through books, I’ve escaped from slavery, been tried for murder, and lived through the Cambodian genocide. I’ve been an immigrant, permanently disabled, and faced World War II death camps. Without books, I would be a significantly more close-minded person. My perception of the world has been more significantly impacted by the experiences I've gained through literature than those I've gained
Prior to reading Thirteen Reasons Why, I felt that no one understood me. I often find myself engulfed in books, but only if I can connect them to my life. Often books can tug your emotions and hook onto you. Books have impacted my life by helping me realize that I am not alone in my situations. Books used to be my decampment from the world when I felt that I was the only one enduring my dilemmas. When reading Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, it was effortless for me to attach myself to the book, greatly impacting my life by changing my previous viewpoint about no one grasping what I went through.
People can relate to the book because they can imagine what it is like for the characters, and they get some idea of what the setting is like.
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.
“Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life” (Samuel Ullman). As teens go along in life, they learn through the things they read, hear, and see; in particular, when one reads a book, they can connect with the connotations and it can alter someone or influence. Being able to connect to something that another is feeling can really draw people in like bugs to a light. As more and more people can connect to books it becomes more popular so that they may feel a sense of security. Anthem by Ayn Rand and The Giver by Lois Lowry are two very great examples
The story “Nerd Alert: Reading is Good for Your Health” (Source: Jen Christiensen) is based on how reading can help you with your problems. They use the term “bibliotherapy” which means “book therapy “to explain their method. The ‘book whisperer’ Alison Kerr Courtney’s method is to give 5 to 7 different books based on her client’s moods, and the outcomes are positive! My view on this is that reading books that are based on how you feel are good because you can feel better and maybe even resolve the issue in a better way. According to Keith Oatley he claims “People who read more fiction may understand people better than others.” My response to this is that personally that fiction books help me relate to other people and their problems. ‘Reading
Being able to connect with someone through their experiences and being able to put one’s self in someone else’s shoes, that is empathy. Reading fiction teaches the readers how to become more empathetic towards one another. Reading can put one in the characters position in the story thus making the reader empathetic toward the character because they can picture what they are going through. Becoming more empathetic towards one another starts with reading fiction.
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.
Maybe you have been feeling down, and in your angry state, for some reason or another decided to pick up a book. While tearing through the pages, you may have seen a glimmer of hope. Gary Paulsen, the well published author shared an experience when books gave him hope. He was a young kid, 10 years old, and just transferred from the Philippines to a public school in Washington D.C., He dropped his coat off in the in-room coat room, and was so frightened that he simply could not move. The teacher noticed this and went back into the room with him. She brought a book with a horse on the cover and let him turn the pages. This enabled him to interact with the book. When the teacher felt he was ready, she asked him if he wanted to come out. He agreed, and she held is hand as he was led into the classroom, to his seat. Paulsen?s story was just one of many stories of how books instilled hope in someone. Books gave Paulsen an escape from his drunken, screaming parents, gave him a place where he could be free from school bullies. Whether a book makes you go from a rage, to just a little sad, or from sad to happy, books can give one person hope.
The intellectual stimulation put forth when one reads is profound. Pondering whether or not a character in a novel is valid enough to relate to conveys a sense of identity. For me, reading is an escape from reality. Reality was, and still is, a hard pill to swallow. As a child, I dealt with unimaginable thoughts and fears that would make any sane person question their psyche. I struggled with aspects in my life that most children did not think twice about. Books were my go-to. When my eyes scan over the worn pages of my favorite books, I feel I become a part of the story — a story where life seems unremarkably easy. Time and difficulties diminish when I am engrossed in a book. This escape method, however, will not prepare me for reality. Unfortunately even my favorite book will not help me in times when adversity makes its presence known. Attempting to escape reality, whether it be by books or by other means, will only cause more distress when faced head-on