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Reading has always been a pass time I enjoyed doing, there was just something about the fact that endless stories could be created with a combination of words and phrases. Without a doubt, Reading expands one’s knowledge on endless topics as well as expands creativity through inspiration of the various works and forms or literature. Personally, as I grew older and more curious with reading I began exploring different genres to read. My causal reading went from basic non-fiction books to reading things like

I strongly believe when some people grow up they lose interest in reading books, you can see the many people that don’t like reading in our schools, because most of us are on our phones and reading articles. I mainly read on my phone and I enjoy that more because the articles are short and to the point quicker. Phones have changed on how much I value actual books.

Before we divulge into the topic of this essay, let me begin by stating that neither the author of the main source, Steven Johnson, nor I intend to devalue books or look down upon them. In his book, Everything Bad Is Good For You, he starts off talking about the importance of books. He says, “We should all encourage our kids to read more, to develop a comfort with and an appetite for reading” (Johnson 21). Reading provides many different benefits, some including “concentration, the ability to make sense of words, to follow narrative threads, to sculpt imagined worlds out of mere sentences on pages” (Johnson 23). As an avid reader myself, I have always had an interest in books.

Dana Gioia, an author of “Why Literature Matters,” addresses an issue in society of the decrease in reading during the past quarter century. This issue may seem little now, but will eventually have a negative effect on America as a whole and the business industry of America. Although reading may not be the activity for all, it is crucial to continue reading and learning to benefit the future people of American and the people after instead of the growing decline which affects society.

Parents that push children so much that they feel overwhelmed often leave not time for the children to do anything other than eat, sleep, go to school, and participate in sports and activities. Young children need certain things to be able to develop and have what is considered a normal childhood; however, being overwhelmed with activities can take

While some people will say that there is not enough evidence to say that reading has or will have a negative effect on our society, it is important that young readers find reading enjoyable and not a chore. Others may say that Carter is too biased to say that a decline in readers is a problem while other may agree because of the evidence that the reports say. Even though there is only one report that he references is clearly say that not reading for pleasure could and will most likely cause problems for our society in the

Annie Murphy Paul created this piece in response to a comment made by Gregory Currie. She also describes the positive reasons to why reading books makes better and smarter students.

Children who watch T.V shows instead of reading the book won’t have the same feel and the details they should have gotten. Even though the children have fun watching the T.V. They will hate reading books in the future and depend on technology to help them.

Lately, it seems, parents are getting more and more involved in their children's daily lives. A parents constant involvement in their child's lives can be a good thing, when their child is still a child and not so much after they have grown up. A new trend has sprung where parents feel it necessary to ,not only, take their child to college but to stay there with them.

“Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are,” (Cooley). Reading has impacted us in many ways throughout our lives. Often time’s books give people different perspectives on their lives. People with high stress levels often find comfort in reading books to take their mind off of their concerns. Sometimes, people just need to take a step back from their life and relax for a while; therefore, reading is a great tool. Reading all kinds of books has also helped me become a better writer. There are many different books that have impacted me over the years.

I also know that my reading habits has helped with the sophisticated vocabulary that I have. Throughout high school and college I continued to read numerous literary fiction for the English classes I took. As

In the article “ Reading Makes us Smarter and Nicer” it states ideas of how literature can affect people's behavior. Literature is a way to communicate ideas and life experiences with other people. Also it is great way of teaching new concepts to people and a form to introduce new ideas that they might of not taught before. Reading is better beneficial because it teaches us about life lessons that were shared by people who have experienced and learned from them. Then later on people can take what they learned from literature and apply it in their daily life.

Finally, reading can expand the imagination skill. Reading allows me to travel to places that I have never been to. Moreover, reading makes me sympathize with the experience and situations that I may dream about. For Example, The Alchemist, the novel I like the most, always makes me imagines what happened, places, and even the appearance of the characters. However, I still gain precious insight whenever I read books or novel. Of course, my reading improves in every time I read

Research done by The University of Toronto has proven that “individuals who often read fiction appear to be able to understand other people, empathize with them and view their world from their perspective” . So not only does it make us a smarter more intelligent human being, “literature improves us as people” according to The University of Nottingham, it makes us more empathetic. We need to do more if this “deep reading” than we do on the web and/or social medias. The people who can best benefit from this would be kids and teenagrers, because from a study done by Mar, younger people have a keener “theory of mind” or mental mode of other people’s

Reading develops a person’s creativity. Unlike movies where everything is determined by the producer, writer and director, books allow students to create in their minds how a particular character looks like or imagine how a scene plays out.