Analysis Of Gerald Graff's Disliking Books

Hermann Hesse conveys Siddhartha’s independence early in the novel. Siddhartha requests his father’s approval in joining the ascetics; however, it is not granted to him. “Then his father said: “It is not seemingly for Brahmins to utter forceful and angry words, but there is displeasure in my heart. I should not like to hear you make this request a second time.” (Hesse 10). After his father denies Siddhartha’s request, Siddhartha goes back to his room.

Disliking Books Summary In Gerald Graff’s work “Disliking Books” the author explains how he is surprised that he would become a celebrated writer and literary critic because he formerly despised reading. Graff, who grew up in a tough working class Chicago neighborhood, grew up thinking reading was boring and irrelevant. Graff’s parents brought him modern adventure books and classics that have traditionally interested young men, but it didn’t work. Since he was listless and lacked ambition Graff “chose” liberal arts and majored in English when he started college. Graff struggled mightily through his studies since he still hated books.

In “A Boy Named Sue” the dad completely walks out on his son at the age of 3 said so in the lyrics by Johnny Cash. Unlike Sue, the other story only shares that the father ignored his son and never found time to spend with him. “But there were planes to catch and bills to pay he learned to walk while I was away,” this is part of the song “Cat’s in the Cradle” , and is a great example of the wrong doing of the father. Another contrast between the two would have to be resolving and not resolving the issues that occur. The father and son, in “Cat’s in the Cradle”, never resolve the conflict that arises between the two which makes both unhappy.

Paul gets to go on leave and he was sitting in his room thinking about his books. He mentioned that he “want[ed] to feel the same powerful, nameless urge that [he] used to feel when [he] turned to [his] books”(171). This shows that he realizes everything at home is so different from a year ago. Paul can’t find a connection to his home now like he used to since this home isn’t home to him anymore. This means that he recognises that he cannot bring back his youth as hard as he tries to or wants to.

Alexie begins building his credibility with personal facts and establishing himself with honest judgment, while strongly exerting emotional appeals; however, he doesn 't incorporate appeal to logic, which isn 't necessary considering the piece is more on a personal level. Sherman Alexie was born in the year 1966, he was born and raised on the Spokane Reservation in Washington. While going to school on the reservation Alexie was limited to learning and education. However, he learned to love books from watching his father, whom he loved and looked up to, spend the little money he had on books. The start of Alexie 's passion for reading begin when he picked up a Superman comic book.

In addition, when Mr. Antolini who was his English teacher teaches Holden the importance of getting academic experience by going to the school, Holden did not pay so much attention to what Mr. Antolini says. But, after he goes back to home, he decides to go a school again. It means that his thought is changed through his process of constructing identity, and probably his idea towards identity is changed, too. There is one more evidence that shows his way of thinking becomes different from before. In the last chapter, he says, "I sort of miss everybody I told about" (214).

Both Frankenstein and fiend always feel lonely and miserable in the novel. During his time at school, Frankenstein was really shy and did not have passions on making friends. After graduating from university at Ingolstadt, he can only share personal problems with one friend Clerval. While he is fascinated by the creation of life, he spends all his time studying the theory and practice of natural philosophy. In order to satisfy his thirst for knowledge, he totally isolates himself from the society by neglecting his precious family, lover and friends who he does not see for a long time.

Although Nathaniel Hawthorne didn’t seem to go through as much as Edgar Allan Poe in his life, having to only really worry about financial issues and his father passing away during his childhood, he still seemed to ponder on the darkness within humans. However, while Poe based his stories on certain elements of his life, Hawthorne seems to write about human nature simply because writers in those days got famous by being transcendentalists. In fact Hawthorne, wasn’t even interested in Romanticism, if not for his wife-to-be at the time. According to Biography.com, “Nathaniel Hawthorne ended his self-imposed seclusion at home about the same time he met Sophia Peabody, a painter, illustrator, and transcendentalist. During their courtship, Hawthorne spent some time at the Brook Farm community where he got to know Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau.

The book starts with William Goldman, the author, telling the story of his life around the book as telling his intentions on making The Princess Bride the "good parts" version. The Princess Bride is William Goldman 's favorite book but he never read it, he didn 't read books, he always failed his reading tests because he was thinking about sports players, all he did was sports, he wouldn 't miss a single game. He was bad at school, school was a torture for him, but like he said "give me a football and an empty play ground and I could invent last-second triumphs that would bring tears to your eyes". His mother would have meetings after meetings with Miss Roginski, his teacher from third through fifth grade. One day, when he was sick, his father

I will teach you, oh, economics, mathematics...Philosophy, science.’ ‘To read and write?’ ‘Of course.’” He was taught how to read, write and fight which eventually went a long way as towards to the end of the story, Edmond gets into a fight with his enemy, Fernand. Without the priest, Edmond may never have survived being in prison. The priest was a mentor to Edmond. Another person that could be placed into the category of helpers is Edmond's father. Although he never really directly helped Edmond in his time in prison, he begged Villefort to release his son.