Reading is necessary for one’s developing as well as for the growth of the whole personality. The person who reads well is the person who equips himself well mentally. He who reads well usually thinks well. He has a basis for opinion and a reference point for judgment. On the other hands a semi-literate person’s mental powers are limited and his mental horizon is narrowed. So reading makes one a full man. The human mind is compared to a barren soil and unless the soil is manured and irrigated, it will not become fertile and produce rich crops, In the same way, the mind, becomes fertile only when it reads and reads continuously. By more and more reading, the mind equips itself and become fertile and enriched. Even the greatest natural genius cannot subsist on its own stock. He has to refresh himself with the though of others in order to fill up his mental reservoir. Reading fires one’s …show more content…
Poem, fiction, non-fiction are not beings read, as in years, for pleasure and enjoyment. Even the prescribed textbooks are not thoroughly read by student. Not at all by the student of Open University and distance education. Instead, they memorize bazaar notes or guides to vomit (reproduce) in the exams sufficiently enough to get a pass grade or to get school certificates or college degrees. Student in schools and colleges no longer, are taught to read books for content, for content, for its appreciation, for forming judgments’. Reading a book gives a new experience in every page.
THE GOLDEN RULES OF READING: Read selectively: Before you start reading ask the question whether it is going to give you useful and relevant information to your subject. Select books for reading accordingly.
Read with a critical mind and evaluate:
For “some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed and some few to be chewed and digested” Bacon. So read critically.
Read a book seriously and reflect on the ideas expressed there
The traditional sense of reading is by picking up a book or an article and actually reading not skim reading to find out the purpose of the text . Nowadays we have lost the ability to read a long article and analyze the text due to the powerful technology. Also now on the internet we would spent one mintent at look at something and move on to another. This can be supported by his experience on how he is no longer able to process information on a long reading and lost the memory to do so.
Francis Bacon a member of Queen Elizabeth I’s Court, in his essay “Of Studies” wrote “some books are to be read only in parts…and with diligence”. Bacon’s perspective on reading is that no matter the size if done with diligence and a willingness to try can provide great insight. A reader reading the loss of a loved one can gain an understanding of loss without actually having experienced the loss. Reading about other experiences, or situations can coerce readers to empathize with the author’s standpoint.
To be an expert in literature you want to keep an open mind no matter what kind of text you are reading. In How to Read Literature like a Professor Foster writes, “Don’t read only from your own fixed position... Instead try to find a reading perspective that allows for sympathy...that understands the text” (234). Foster wants people to find a different reading perspective that helps you to understand the reading. People need to not be influenced by their own beliefs they need to keep an open mind at all times so they do not ignore the real message the reading is trying to portray.
In the 1900’s, Winston Churchill said “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” (Kutner, The Illustrious History of Misquoting Winston Churchill,”). This quote stands out for a number of reasons. When people read books, people slowly gain more character, courage, and more curiosity. First of all, reading helps people develop character to know the good choices from the bad ones.
In this article “ Why literature matters” by Dana Gioia explains that American art has changed. It points out the fact that literary knowledge is declining. Some of the changes that were pointed out is that most people no longer read. His main purpose is to encourage people to begin to read again and that will help them improve their intellectual level. In the article Gioia expresses reasoning and includes evidence of the importance of reading.
She believes the syllabus provided to students do not include any challenging books, and her belief toward high school teachers becoming too lazy to examine thoroughly if the book the education system provides them with represent any true and significant value is a recurring concern of hers’- therefore ineffective to students. All in all, Prose used ethos, pathos, logos and the usage of specific words to help her argument. She successfully persuades her point of view and makes it clear that if schools want their curriculum to improve, they must change their way of teaching and push their students to view literature in a new
Literacy is considered to be a key part of society; however, individuals have different contemplations about it. Frederick Douglass, for instance, uses numerous rhetorical strategies to convey his views about education in his excerpt “Learning to Read and Write”. He believes that learning to read and write is a privilege that a person ought to have regardless of social class. Education gives a prospect for people to be self-aware and to have a sense of identification. Douglass suggests that although many limitations prevent people from reaching their goals, one will prosper as long as they have their mind set on succeeding.
To be successful in life, it is required to know how to read. Reading brings knowledge and knowledge brings intelligence, wisdom, and understanding. People learn from many different forms of literature. One of the most important kind of literature is children's literature. It is responsible for teaching children things like vital knowledge that are required for school and life.
Time teaches these lessons to people as they experience more interactions. This illustrates that intensive reading in order to gain depth of knowledge does not actually give anyone wisdom, but rather the tools necessary for experience which then creates
Education, a life-altering event that involves the development of being more open- minded. When one’s horizons expand they begin to have a shift of perception. The process of becoming knowledgeable through education can differ from the individual or situation. It can also have one acquire gratitude for their change of insight. Two passages, “Learning to Read” by Malcom X and “The Allegory of the Cave” by Plato, each contain an individual who goes through the path of gaining wisdom.
This outlook is reflected in national surveys, the number of literary non-readers in the United States is starting to outweigh the number of readers and, this has slowly been proceeding over the past 20 years (Gioia 421). Reading is a fundamental part of life. It’s a major way of expression, imagination, learning and being the best person
Reading is such an important part of life. If you can’t read, you might as well be mute. How could you ever express yourself? Your ideas, your emotions, and passion? Malcolm X (who was, at the time imprisoned.)
Dr. Seuss is quoted with saying, “The more that you read, the more things that you know. The more that you learn, the more places you go.” The information a reader reads can affect them in both positive and negative ways. Counterclaim: For this reason, library chairmen and executives ban certain books from being placed on their shelves.
I agree with Green in that statement, he is saying that by reading we can understand others thinking and their thought processes
Everyone knows that reading is important, but have you ever asked yourself why is that so? Reading is one of the most beneficial and practical activities that a human being can do. Unfortunately it is a disappointment that people these days read less. As we know, books were the main source of entertainment centuries ago, but with the widespread of technological advances such as the cinema, television, internet, among others, many people left their books on the bookshelf. The purpose of this speech is to present the benefits and the importance of reading.