“Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly -- they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.” (Huxley). Reading retains great influence and it’s lessons seem to be more impactful than those witnessed on Television or movies. I’m not sure exactly why I feel this way; maybe it is because you get to imagine what you are reading and are not bound by the depiction on a screen. I’m not however the first to think this; many prominent figures such as Bill Gates and Warren Buffet strongly believe reading makes you a smarter person and gives you power. The power of reading is not only mentioned in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World it is the main focus of Fahrenheit 451 which depicts a dystopian world where all books are burned to keep citizens complacent and powerless. The lessons and insight about life that reading has presented me this year were very interesting and impactful.
One of the first books I read this year was The Education of Little Tree based on my Dad’s …show more content…
Even through all of the pain he experienced Beah persisted and survived to tell his story of being a child soldier in Sierra Leone. Beah’s perseverance was something that shines throughout the novel, later in the book he discusses part of his motivation, saying,“When I was young, my father used to say, ‘If you are alive, there is hope for a better day and something good to happen. If there is nothing good left in the destiny of a person, he or she will die.’ I thought about these words during my journey, and they kept me moving even when I didn’t know where I was going. Those words became the vehicle that drove my spirit forward and made it stay alive” (Beah). This somewhat morbid outlook on life is very interesting and further emphasized the main lessons I learned from the book: keep going and things will
One of the first books I read this year was The Education of Little Tree based on my Dad’s …show more content…
Even through all of the pain he experienced Beah persisted and survived to tell his story of being a child soldier in Sierra Leone. Beah’s perseverance was something that shines throughout the novel, later in the book he discusses part of his motivation, saying,“When I was young, my father used to say, ‘If you are alive, there is hope for a better day and something good to happen. If there is nothing good left in the destiny of a person, he or she will die.’ I thought about these words during my journey, and they kept me moving even when I didn’t know where I was going. Those words became the vehicle that drove my spirit forward and made it stay alive” (Beah). This somewhat morbid outlook on life is very interesting and further emphasized the main lessons I learned from the book: keep going and things will