Imagination In The Maze Runner, By James Dashner

As far back as I can remember, reading has always been a tremendous part of my life. Growing up, my mother introduced reading as one of the most important skills I could learn. Throughout my childhood, my entire family constantly incorporated reading into my daily schedule by helping me complete word searches, reading books, or rehearsing the ABC’s. Every night before bed, my mother and I would read a page out of a children’s bible book called Blessings Every Day as opposed to the classic Green Eggs and Ham. Reading has taught me how to exercise my imagination, how to effectively communicate with others, and relieves my stress. I always feel remarkably at peace while reading a book. Vera Nazarian, an Armenian-Russian American writer, artist, …show more content…
When authors describe characters and settings, I can visualize the character’s appearance, how they move, and where they spend their time. While reading The Maze Runner, by James Dashner, I bring my imagination into play in order to immerse myself in the characters’ world. The characters in the story are able to force me to feel their emotions of fear and uncertainty. I feel as if I am living alongside the characters and going through the same situations that they are experiencing. Albert Einstein once declared, “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet discover and create” (Einstein). Einstein’s quote supports my position in that imagination is a critical piece of the process of …show more content…
Tony Robbins, a motivational speaker, expresses, “To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others” (Robbins). Many employers require strong communication skills in the workplace. People that are able to communicate are able to form higher quality relationships with friends and family. Communication has and always will be a necessity in life, even though the amount of face to face social interaction is