Reflect:
I personally like to read. As talked about in class, it is the way I can "escape" from my reality. Some people said that music was the medium that they go to, and I don't disagree, but for me, I can get lost in a book quickly. I believe that even if people claim that they don't like to read, there is something out there for everyone that they will enjoy. That is why I put the first picture up there of a book called I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell by Tucker Max. I LOVE this book because it is so interesting and SO funny. I put it on my blog because I think this is a book that boys can relate to and as said in the article Why Literature?, boys/men are the people who read the least in our society. I think that this is such a guy book that anyone who picks it up would thoroughly enjoy it.
I think literature is important to read because it keeps your brain engaged while you are doing it. It doesn't necessarily mean that you have to implement critical thinking every second you are reading, it just means that your brain is being used. Besides, I think reading should be more for leisure and entertainment than anything else. Going back to what reading means to everyone, I think that if someone is told to read something, they will enjoy it less than if they were to read something on their own. For example, when we are assigned to read books in school, no one likes to do it because they are being forced to do it and the books the school chooses aren't interesting to everyone or even anyone. Or when we are assigned to read text books, no one wants to do that, we don't want to learn. Text books are boring and I feel that the words go through one side of the mind and right back out the other, something like words going in one ear and out the other. The information just doesn't stick in the mind when you are not interested and engaged in a piece of writing.
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