Literature Synthesis Essay

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Technology improves, the world changes, but people stay the same . No matter if in a couple of years robots are doing everything for people or if everyone is rich and famous, people need to know how to communicate and write. Learning and even understanding literature nobody is taught anything about expressing themselves. Without books there would be no escape from our lives, that our filled with activities and to-do lists. Literature is a crucial part of American history and for that matter the world’s fondation.
(Source C Ping) Children’s books, fairy tales, the classics are all books that people try to read in their lifetime. Demonstrated in this passage, most of the people in this world will do almost anything to expand their reading abilities and culture. These girls proved that books will always be in their hands and nobody or no stove could ever be a barrier for them. Ping knew growing up that reading certain books would be looked down upon by society and her own family. But her love for literature was much more important, when book after book was taken
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It’s because growing up everyone was forced to read and listen and read some more. Without the freedom of choosing your own books and authors people will then feel locked up in a story that they cannot connect with. This passage should be shouted from the rooftops with everyone listening below. Some kids actually sit back and think it would be a better option to die than be forced into reading excerpts and poems from people who were born over 500 years ago. Some may say, in order to build the future we need to know the past, which does make sense, but without being creative and starting or even building new things, the past will keep repeating itself. Literature is our future and our future generations are in school right now, therefore it’s necessary for anyone and everyone to be involved and learn literature in their

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