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Reading novels has been a good experience for young and old for many years. Reading can teach people many skills and can improve literacy skills and a persons general knowledge. However through generations reading has become a lot less common for many people. Now even young children rather interact with a tablet and read rather than being read a novel. The statement "reading novels is of no value anymore" is true to some extent. Reading is of value however reading novels is not you can gain the same enjoyment from reading other things as you can gain from novels, secondly people don't enjoy being forced to read and find it a burden and finally people read things other than novels to gain literacy skills.
Firstly I believe reading is of value however reading novels is not. A lot of people rely on technology now and rather read E-books than a novel. Reading online is also accessed a lot easier now than it used to be so it has become convenient for people to read online. Many students don't enjoy reading novels and do not get the true reading experience, a lot of people read due to the...
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.
Gioia identifies all that is at stake in a world where reading is obsolete in his essay On the Importance of Reading. He paints imagery to show the comparisons of readers and non readers as well as the affects literacy and illiteracy have on the world. Gioia asserts his opinions on why reading is losing the battle of popularity. According to Gioia a person who reads is civic-minded, active, empathic, and imaginative. Gioia expresses the opposite benefits are true of illiterate or semi literate people they lead passive lives, are less likely to volunteer, and less imaginative. Among all of these benefits of reading Gioia identifies, he writes in depth about empathy gained through reading. I also feel one of the greatest benefits of reading
Reading is on the decline and our reading skills are declining right along with the amount of reading we do. This is happening right across the board through both genders, all age groups and education levels, people are busy and they just do not have time to read books that they are not required to read for school or work. There are serious consequences to this neglect of reading that will continue to worsen if ignored. We need to take notice of what is happening to our culture and stop this situation from continuing, we must act to correct these issues that we are faced with. These things are discussed in the essay “Staying Awake’’ by Ursula K. Le Guin who uses the NEA essays “To Read or Not to Read’’ and “Reading at Risk’’ to support her argument that there is a decline in the amount of time that we are spending on reading and our ability to understand what it is that we are reading.
People read for many reasons, some of which are to pass the time, to seek out new experiences, for the sheer pleasure of the language and for the quest of knowledge. Literature is an art, and like art can be very subjective. What one person or society values as good literature may not be looked upon in the same light by another person or society. Some literature transcends time, and will continue to be relevant hundreds of years after it is written, and some literature is relevant at the time it is written, however later may be largely forgotten. For literature to be considered great it must stand the test of time and be captivating, able to elicit an emotional and/or intellectual response. It should also enlighten
Reading has been going through a steady according to the article “Why Literature Matters”. Dana Gioia believes that the decline of reading in America will have a negative effect on society. He believes that there are many people that contributes to the decline of reading but mainly in the young adults ages 18-24. Dana also believes that with the steady decline of reading we can see a major change in our nation including, being less informed,active, and having the ability to have an independent mind. Dana Gioia states that “The most worrisome finding in the 2002 study [Survey of Public Participation in the Arts],however, is the declining percentage of Americans, especially young adults, reading literature.”
In "Why Literature Matters," Dana Gioia talks about the importance of literacy and argues that the decline of reading we've been having as time goes on will have a very negative effect on society.
Over time reading has built a reputation to kids of being a waste of time and very boring, but reading is not all that bad. Reading acts as a mirror and a window. Last summer I read the book "Lord of the Flies", which is about the life of young boys who ended up on an island with no adults. In the beginning they were civilized and create a small society, however, over time, the children started to separate into two tribes. This led to the disbanding of their laws, as the children started to fight and act like savages. Over the course of the book, the children became less and less civilized because there were no adults or consequences for any actions. The book really portrayed the idea of whether humans
These two elements go hand in hand. Books bring much more than entertainment of a good story. In the future people could overlook the meaning in books and their qualities. ‘“And what does quality mean? To me it means texture. This book has pores. It has features’” (Bradbury 85). Books in today’s modern world are not as common as they used to be. They have been replaced. Pen and paper used to be the only way to get ideas spread. Now, books are only used if one has to. They are not valued like they used to be. In the future, this problem will only become greater. People will overlook all the importance and meaning an actual book has over a movie or play. A book leads the mind to explore and imagine. Books lead the reader to illustrate the story in their own way, and expand their thoughts. Books give time for one to understand and think about its meaning. ‘“Oh, but we’ve plenty of off hours.’ ‘Off hours yes. But time to think? . . . You can shut them, say ‘Hold on a moment.’ You play God to it’” (Bradbury 86). People will continue to overlook the benefits of a book. A reader can put the book down and think about what they just read. Books can go anywhere and do not depend on internet connection. Unlike in a television show, where the viewer watches time go by and doesn’t think twice about what they just saw. Books also can influence someone to act and make certain decisions. ‘“Number
Andrew Solomon has some valid arguments in his article, and he tries to persuade the readers through logos, pathos, and ethos. Solomon wants the readers to understand the importance of reading, and how its decline can be harmful to the nation. To reinforce his arguments, Solomon shares a variety of examples, for instance, he mentions that reading helps improve memory and concentration, and the decline of reading is causing mental “atrophy.” He also calls upon the readers to take some sort of action to raise reading rates and help the society. This can grant the readers a form of power and control over the crisis that will lead to an em...
If you had the choice between your phone and a book,you would probably without thinking grab your phone. But what if you knew that reading is crucial to a future. In “Reading for pleasure Is in Painful Decline” by Stephen L. Carter and “Twilight of the books” by Caleb Crain, both authors argue about the state of reading in The United States. Within both passages they give valid points as to why and how the state of reading are negatively affecting the country. Stephen L. Carter represents how the decline in reading for fun is the main concern, while on the other hand, Caleb Crain shows it’s technology and social media that actually are the main contributors.
Books are less common today than they were in the past. Fewer people read for pleasure now that technology is present. One study that shows that today, less than half of seventeen year olds read for pleasure more than once or twice a year. However, sixty-four percent of teens of the same age said they read at least once per week in the year 1984 (Alter). This only goes to show that technology is taking up more of people’s time for reading and other activities that were popular in the past. Overall, books are not as popular now as they once were.
A debate has grown on whether reading is essential on making you a better person. The spark that started the fire was Gregory Currie’s article “Does Great Literature Makes Us Better?” which declares that the certainty that reading literature improves us as a people has “no compelling evidence that suggests that people are morally or socially better for reading Tolstoy”. In response to Currie’s claim Annie Murphy Paul weighed in with “Reading Makes Us Smarter and Nicer” where she states “in studies published in 2006 and 2009 that individuals who often read fiction appear to be better able to understand other people, empathize with them and view the world from their perspective”. Paul claims that “old fashioned reading from a book is more beneficial for our capacity for empathy and intellectual development than the superficial reading we do on the web scrolling through TMZ”, for example there are many benefits from reading a good book over reading an article just for entertainment.
People read for many reasons, some of which are to pass the time, to seek out new experiences, for the sheer pleasure of the language and for the quest of knowledge. Literature is an art, and like art can be very subjective. What one person or society values as good literature may not be looked upon in the same light by another person or society. Some literature transcends time, and will continue to be relevant hundreds of years after it is written, and some literature will be relevant at the time it is written, however later may be largely forgotten. For literature to be considered great it must stand the test of time and be captivating, able to elicit an emotional and/or intellectual response. It should also enlighten and engage the
Nowadays, many people think reading is not necessary, since there are so many sources of information and types of entertainment, such as TV, cinema and the Internet. I believe they are wrong because reading is very beneficial in many ways.
DO YOU THINK BOOKS ARE STILL A RICH SOURCE OF INFORMATION IN THE TIME OF ELECTRONIC MEDIA?