Smarter And Nicer

In the article, Reading Literature Makes us Smarter and Nicer by Annie Murphy Paul, it explains the ways “deep reading” has lost it’s interest in the lives of the new generation and the ways it has affected their personality. Personally, reading to me has always been a struggle, before the technology was even there I couldn’t stay interested in a book without losing my train of thought. I’ve always loved reading don’t get me wrong there’s nothing better then laying down and finishing off that scene that had you at the edge of your seat, but, there really isn’t enough time to do that anymore, and when we do have time we are always doing something else that interests us way more . I wouldn’t particularly say that “deep reading” changes who a person is, I know a lot of people who can’t read whatsoever and they’re the nicest people you will ever meet. I for instance was raised to respect my elders and respect all who live, women, men, animals, everything, and that is that I wouldn’t read daily. Though there is research proving that “individuals who often read fiction appear to be better able to understand other people”, the books I grew up …show more content…
. . The study also found that young people who read daily only onscreen were nearly two times less likely to be above-average readers those those who read daily in print or both in print and onscreen”. By personal experience I can tell you that it is true, reading onscreen is no comparison to reading a paper book, reading a paper book is just so much better somehow. But, that doesn’t mean people don’t enjoy reading on screen better than a paper book. Students nowadays are actually learning online instead of physically going to a class and they learn better that way. Technology isn’t a bad thing, but, it can affect certain people in specific