Shows that books and stories should expand are knowlege and the way we think. There are many books and stories that prove this. Washington Irving's 'The Adventure of the Mysterious Picture' uses gothic conventions to show extreme emotional truths that are realistic. Books that show us the truth are bettter because it opens are mind. Books that state facts and truth can help us in everyday life.…
Books lead to imagination, they open up a whole new world full of emotion and questions. Government leaders have completely shut down the possibility of imagination, emotion, and questions being apart of everyday life, but their are still books out there in the community. How you might ask? Books are passed down from generation to generation. Such as, in today’s world we still have the common fantasies such as Cinderella, or The Little Mermaid.…
It’s hard to believe today that Walt Disney was once fired because he “lacked imagination and had no ideas,” or that the Beatles were cut from a record level because the company didn’t think that they had a future in show business. (Weismen) Still harder to believe is that J.K. Rowling’s world famous book ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’ was rejected by no less than 12 publishers before it was finally published in 1997 at the insistence of Bloomsbury chairman, Nigel Newton’s daughter Alice. (Vincent; Lawless “Nigel Newton”) The story of an 11 year old orphan thrust into an unfamiliar world of magic and set on a course to defeat the dark Lord Voldemort who killed his parents transformed into a 7 book series that has sold nearly 500 million…
Art and literature are the foundation of life. Long before Netflix and social media existed, people used books to entertain themselves. Mason Cooley said “reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are”. Even in 21st century, the age of technology, people use books as a source of entertainment and writing as a form of self-expression. Books and reading in general has many benefits like mental stimulation, gaining knowledge and much more.…
Instead of being rigid and stiff like our educational system, we had the opportunity to incorporate what we liked in our readings. Books like the “Lightning Thief” and the “Bluford Series” were books that captivated me. After we were done with the book reports assignments I had read over 26 books with the reports. The book reports began to help me with my writings and it even motivated me to write a book although I never got around to…
Books wear an innumerable amount of topics in their pages, making them among the best educators available. To quote “Reasons for Banning Books, and 5 Much Better Reasons Not To” by Robin Beery, “…[books] teach us compassion…vocabulary, and social skills.” Books can teach us socially and intellectually. Books provide concepts…
Books can also change people , the book “The Prince” was read by thousands of people and many wanted that type of power and went seeking for it. When you read a book you have to be able to have the control to stay the your own person and not turn into a person from a book because it seems more appealing than your life. Books can change people for the bad, although books can also change people for the better. Books are great for researching, finding things and pursuing your career, there were no technology, computers, and all the resources we have now help us realize what our calling is in life, and all those geniuses were able to make their way into history. Books are more than people realize, also make people be who they are and make them work for their future, not just given to them.…
As group facilitator Samantha provided an extra source ahead of time as well as a set of questions for us to discuss. Furthermore, Samantha had the foresight to separate her questions based on the articles making it easy to keep up with discussions and the specific source being used. Additionally, despite initial nervousness Samantha expertly weaved in personal experiences to highlight her points or to nudge the group to think and draw on our own personal experiences for answers. Potential areas of improvement for Samantha might include being more engaged in the discussion throughout its duration rather than mostly at the start and potentially being more willing to support opposing ideas and themes or to even challenge member opinions. Discussion…
Robinson, T., Callister, M., Magoffin, D., Moore, J. (August 2007).The portrayal of older characters in Disney animated films. Journal of Aging Studies, 203-213, 12. Upon reviewing my understanding on the text, “The portrayal of older characters in Disney animated films,” the main argument that was presented was how the use and creation of older characters are either negatively or positively impacting children and how children perceive older characters in Disney films by continuing to consume media at an early age. When studied, researchers found that specific characteristics can affect how children perceive older people based on how they are portrayed in Disney films, which included the characters physical and emotional characteristics.…
In the essay, “ The Lonely Good Company of Books,” by Richard Rodriguez,he mentioned to his readers in the very beginning that he was not big reader as a child. Rodriguez writes,” I knew my mother and father could read and write in both, Spanish and English(293).” He also mentions,” their reading consisted of work manuals, prayer books, newspapers, and recipes(Rodriguez 293).” From what Rodriguez writes we can gather that reading was not used very much in his house hold. The lack of reading to the Rodriguez house was the very opposite of mine.…
Title “ The kind of deep reading that a sequence of printed pages promotes is valuable not just for the knowledge we acquire from the author’s words but for the intellectual vibrations those words set off within our minds. In the quiet spaces opened up by the sustained, undistracted reading of a book…we make our own associations, draw our own references and analogies, foster our own ideas.” Nicholas Carr concludes his article “ Is Google Making Us Stupid? ” by stressing the significance in reading actual books rather than reading on an LCD screen. Based on personal experience, I find a certain comfort from reading a novel; nevertheless, what’s precious is the content within as it relates to the reader, not the form in which it comes in.…
They may be agreeable or disagreeable, but taking the time to comprehend a novel provides a beneficial experience, whether or not the reader has enjoyed the content. Uninteresting books can still provide readers with new insights, new vocabulary words, or a brain-building way to pass time. Although everyone has preferences as far as books are concerned, every book provides a person with the chance to learn something they may never have learned…
Reading was something I was practically raised on as a child. My dad made sure that my younger sister and I were read to every single night before he tucked us in, passing down a tradition that he believed had aided in shaping his own childhood. I distinctly remember my simple mind roaming along in the lands of Narnia and Middle Earth as such books instilled in me a restless sense of adventure and a longing to learn. This longing drove me to read more and more on my own, all the while my father continued to read to me at a higher and more complex level, that at the time seemed unattainable. Yet books to me were journies completely separate from my own world and I could never seem to envision them as anything more than a source of entertainment.…
In his speech, “Why our Future depends on libraries, reading, and daydreaming” Neil Gaiman discusses the importance of reading books fostering literacy and imagination, especially for children. Whether it is fiction or non-fiction or any other genre, Gaiman supports people’s freedom of reading whatever they desire. Reading can only be beneficial in the end and people can learn much from books. Gaiman’s reasoning and use of rhetoric allow his argument to be persuasive to the audience he is presenting to. His main purpose is that more people should have a desire to read in this modern world even with the rapid rise of technology, not only to gain knowledge and learn but to allow their imagination to run free and become an intelligent citizen of society.…
It’s exciting plot and meaningful themes led me to see reading in a whole new light. I realized that fiction is not only useful for entertainment, but also for learning about the world. With this revolutionary state of mind, I sought out books such as Lord of the Flies and 1984. Just last year, I read Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, which once again proved to me that novels are nearly as useful for learning about the world and developing one’s character as nonfiction books. With this new perspective in mind, I am excited to discover more books to once again captivate me and consume my…