The Importance of Incorporating Reading as a Habit

Ursula Le Guin, wrote “Staying Awake: Notes on the Alleged Decline of Reading”, in this article she emphasizes the various forms that “reading” is integrated in the modern world, when it really shouldn’t be a part of the reading category. Le Guin goes through the “entertainment media” list, from internet to TV, during that time she gives the many reasons of how it shouldn’t be associated, or compared to reading a book. She explains that the Internet is the sole reading associated with it is blogging, which has yet to become popular. TV only encourages the viewer to be entertained, and not apply activity, whether

In “The Reading Monster”, Patrick Brantlinger discusses three main points from Frankenstein. Brantlinger first points out that Frankenstein is filled with political meanings, and it can be interpreted in conflicting and persuasive ways. He also discusses that the story is about two different educations, or miseducations, which would be Victor Frankenstein’s and the creature’s. Frankenstein’s education mainly has to do with science, and Brantlinger claims that Frankenstein is an autodidact because he chose isolation. He also evaluates the way that Mary Shelley portrays science in her novel. Even though it is clear that the creature educated himself through reading books, Brantlinger suggests that it is hard for readers to accept the creatures literacy. The confusion over the creature’s identity is Brantlinger’s third main point. The creature, already stripped away from his education and

Northrop Frye 's the Educated Imagination, published in 1963, attempts to bring out the meaning and effect of possessing an educated imagination in contrast to its opposite. Dr. Frye analyses how his theory advances society’s interests and overcomes its limits through the three levels of the human mind. In his essay, the three levels are broken down in a detailed manner, which links it directly its thesis. Frye presents definitive answers to his questions in the beginning of his essay, “What good is the study of literature? Does it help us to think more clearly, or feel more sensitively, or live a better life than we could without it?” Conclusively, the education of an individual’s mind is critical to understand the world we live in and to the advancement of our society. Educating the mind consists of absorbing and modifying literature, understanding and evolving art, and placing science within context without having data as the boundaries of our imagination.

Many timeless novels have impacts on our everyday culture, not only as a book, but also through music or movies. Many popular novels have multiple adaptations, which shape how we approach their interpretation, in ways we may never even notice. In some films, humans are depicted as monsters, whether through their actions, or through the thoughts of other beings. In these films we find issues with our own society, and in turn see ourselves as monsters, and look for ways we can change, for the better. One particular novel that influences this side of Hollywood is Mary Shelley's “Frankenstein”. The ways Frankenstein influences pop culture can be seen in science fiction films in which humans are depicted as monster, and “monsters” are seen as

Ray Bradbury, the author of the well-known science fiction novel Fahrenheit 451, was alarmed by how much time he felt the public devoted to watching television in the 1950’s. “If this [trend of television watching] goes on…” he wrote, “nobody will read books anymore” (XIII). This thought of a television-obsessed future public frightened Bradbury. He was particularly fearful of how technology might prevent people from forming relationships with each other and connecting with the world around them, which would make them unable to develop human consciousness. He used the format of literature to describe his fears in the futuristic science fiction novel Fahrenheit

In Ray Bradbury’s, Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag, the protagonist in the book, lives in a period of time where television is imperative while literature is on the verge of eradicating. Bradbury portrays a society where entertainment is not only a distraction, but it becomes a dominant aspect in the way individuals function in society. Furthermore, Montag’s ideal world is a world that sees a concept in books rather than television. We live in a world full of advanced technology, however there are drawbacks in the midst of the benefits. Fahrenheit 451 is an example that depicts the disadvantages that comes with the overuse of technology.

Ray Bradbury 's Fahrenheit 451 shows a society where, similar to modern day America, technology and conformity are praised, but unique ideas are seen as taboo. Many have heard phrases to the effect of “Don’t watch so much TV, it’ll rot your brain!” But is there any validity to these claims? Ray Bradbury thought so when he wrote the novel, and he is not alone in these beliefs. Many believe that television can have detrimental effects on one 's intellect, as well as their individuality. Similarly, many people that have read Bradbury 's work believe that the intellectual toxins found in the veritable buffet of television is the prevailing theme of the novel. This paper is written in line with that same belief.

It seem as technology advances we further and further lose our interests in books and written texts, this unhealthy addiction we have to technology may be affecting the way we think as well as lowering our reading, writing, and concentration skills. This is concerning as we seem to be getting closer and closer to the society that Ray Bradbury wrote about. In the society of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 it is described

As the world continues to advance technologically, the demand and interest of books will continue to decline. If we aren’t careful we could end up like the society in Fahrenheit 451 where books are banned. In Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury’s central argument is that the tv and radio and other technologies will make the general populous forget about books in order to get a more immediate high. This in turn will turn the people into empty shells without emotions or any complex thought.

“The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race” (Don Marquis). The acquirement of knowledge, and the subsequent progress of technology devoid of ethical and moral influence, destructively impact upon humanity’s core. This innate yearning to excel has led to the evolution of technology and the subsequent devolution of humanity. Inevitably, the threat of technology exceeding humanity has provoked a sense of apprehension within certain composers who, while subject to their surrounding context, effectively explore the elements which constitute humanity and convey similar warnings regarding the future of mankind through the use of representations within varying forms of texts. The novel Frankenstein (F) by Mary Shelly

For over two-hundred years, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, published in 1818, has attracted the attention of readers from all backgrounds, challenging minds through her unique use of horror. Her novel influenced the creation of the popular Frankenstein movies between the early 1930s to 1940s, the creation of comical spoofs on her characters as exhibited in Adult Swim’s television series from 2010 Mary Shelley’s Frankenhole, to even children's movies such as Adam Sandler’s Hotel Transylvania in 2012. As seen through both the pop culture’s interpretation of the green monster and the actuality of Shelley’s bronzed skinned creature, the novel Frankenstein has been pointed to countless times for its ability to explain the importance of morality in

2015 is the 62nd anniversary of the publishing of the novel Fahrenheit 451 by the acclaimed author, Ray Bradbury. Even though it was written more than half a century ago, it is still relevant today and thus still being read in school. While the book takes place in a future that many feel is unimaginable and ridiculous, many aspects are similar to our current society. Knowing this, it is possible to say that if we continue on our current path, the society’s perception of entertainment and media envisioned in Fahrenheit 451 are entirely plausible in our future. This can be shown through the perception of the territory technology take in our lives, of violence, and of the need for bigger and better electronic devices.

In today’s world, people have given visual Medias a big place in their lives and have given up interacting with one another, which causes them to lose contact with the natural world because technologies such as computers and televisions are what interest them more than anything. Society is more focused on non-realistic activities on television instead of observing what’s happening in the real world. It is shown in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 that society tends

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is truly a classical yet revolutionary piece of literature due to the effect it has had on the mediums of entertainment we experience and enjoy today. Frankenstein has influenced popular cultural since it’s publishing in 1818. The story itself has influenced people working in the realms of book, movies, television, and music. It has even influenced our own thoughts on current events and shaped our view about other people. You see, though, the best and worst thing about this novel is how distorted it has become by constant movie adaptations and misinformed ideas about the nature of Frankenstein and his "monster". For years, I thought Frankenstein was the name of that extremely large green guy with the bolts in his neck.

A reader's subconscious often disables their ability to notice moral foundations that the author develops through the text; thus, making it difficult for an individual to recognize the value the text holds and its importance. In the article “Why Study Literature?” the author explains that “literature teaches us better courses of action and more effective responses to situations”; essentially he or she says that literature has the ability to shape one’s morals; as it can teach us what do in certain situations and how we should act. Similarly, in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the author builds morality in readers by stressing the wrongs of using one’s visual appearance to determine their inner nature. At birth the monster is abandoned for his hideousness, the monster is “endowed with perceptions and passions” (Shelley, Chapter 16) after which he is “cast[ed] as an object for the scorn and horror of mankind” (Shelley, Chapter 16). For example, the monster chases for love when he assists the poor De Lacey family in collecting their lumber, however he is driven out by their horror upon seeing the face of their secret patron for the first time. Looking at this from an aesthetic stance, Shelley appears to be examining our natural tendency to judge a book by its cover. The author manifests the importance of inner beauty rather than one’s outer beauty, for it speaks more sincerely of their qualities as an individual. Had the protagonist realized the creature’s nobility from the