Going through high school with a little amount of friends is something that will affect your life and high school experience. Something I did to keep myself busy was watching movies, more specifically Harry Potter. I know this essay is about how books changed my life, but it started with a movie.
At night time I would find myself engulfed in the world that is Harry Potter. Watching the movies made me feel happy and included in something more than myself. Yet I came to an impasse, I had watched the movies so many times that I could play any character and have their lines, facial expressions, and actions close to perfection. I began to realize that I didn’t get the same feeling from the movies as I had when I first watched them. I needed to find a new outlet to be able to feel the happiness I wasn’t getting at school. I …show more content…
Each time I put a book down, their was another one there to take its place. When I had finished the series I already had a list more books to take the place of my ‘school buddy’.
When I read a book, I feel like I am taken out of the modern world full of stress, worries, and sadness, and I am transported to a magical world where none of the downsides of earth can harm me. Even my parents could see the change in my attitude.
By reading a book I received an almost free home version of therapy. All in all there wasn’t a book that's meaning changed my life and the way I see the world. My life changed when I picked up the Harry Potter series and discovered that happiness can be found on many pages inked with the words of someone else. Reading has changed my life and made me a happier person, it is something I will continue to do for the rest of my life. It is quite the calming feeling knowing that after a bad day I can snuggle up with a good book and escape my problems in the world for a
At night time I would find myself engulfed in the world that is Harry Potter. Watching the movies made me feel happy and included in something more than myself. Yet I came to an impasse, I had watched the movies so many times that I could play any character and have their lines, facial expressions, and actions close to perfection. I began to realize that I didn’t get the same feeling from the movies as I had when I first watched them. I needed to find a new outlet to be able to feel the happiness I wasn’t getting at school. I …show more content…
Each time I put a book down, their was another one there to take its place. When I had finished the series I already had a list more books to take the place of my ‘school buddy’.
When I read a book, I feel like I am taken out of the modern world full of stress, worries, and sadness, and I am transported to a magical world where none of the downsides of earth can harm me. Even my parents could see the change in my attitude.
By reading a book I received an almost free home version of therapy. All in all there wasn’t a book that's meaning changed my life and the way I see the world. My life changed when I picked up the Harry Potter series and discovered that happiness can be found on many pages inked with the words of someone else. Reading has changed my life and made me a happier person, it is something I will continue to do for the rest of my life. It is quite the calming feeling knowing that after a bad day I can snuggle up with a good book and escape my problems in the world for a