Essay On Learning How To Read

I don’t really remember learning how to read. I remember my brother reading a lot, I use to watch him open books and read them. I remember he was always big on speeches too. I started reading Dora because I really liked the show then from there I eventually moved on to Eloise. I loved reading about Eloise. Reading, at the time I began, it was for fun. As I began to grow I realized how much reading meant to the world. Reading opened doors to everything, from imagination to learning to words to being able to apply new ideas to my everyday life. My parents were never really a big influence in my reading life, my dad has always been about math. So I learned percents before ever actually picking up a book. As time passed I learned more and more …show more content…
He stood in line for hours to get his hands on that one book. I finally read the first one after a couple of months. I fell in love with the story and I finished the whole series in a week. I would get yelled at for staying up till 3 am reading the book. After I finished Harry Potter he handed me the DVD’s to watch. Of course they weren’t as good, but they were still amazing movies. StarWars became a whole different story. The books are based off the movie. He still made me read the books before even setting my eyes on the movie. The one thing I have learned from my brother with reading, is that one must always read the book before watching the movie. It has became a rule. Another rule my brother has taught me is one must finish the book/ series if they start the book. No matter how awful the writing is or how bad the plot becomes, I have always finished the books I start reading. After those were done, I had the Twilight phase, my favorite book was New moon but the movie was beyond awful. That was the day I learned that just because the book is amazing doesn’t mean the director knows how to really direct. As time went on, I realized I suck at