Thursday, November 21, 2013
Post #1: Why I read
The main force behind my choice of reading, is the imagination aspect. Unlike movies, who use someone elses imagination of a story, in books the reader gets to create their own movie. Using your imagination and creating the images and scenery in your head for what something in the book is, qualifies as the best part. I would rather be the one to create the scenery of the story then have someone else show me what they think it looks like. Another reason I read is for the connection to the characters. I enjoy first person stories/autobiographies because I think it is cool to go inside the mind of someone and try to make a connection to them. When I read Catcher in the Rye, I realized some similarities between Holden and I. I read Scar Tissue an autobiographie by Anthony Kiedis, because I liked hearing about personal stories in his life, and hearing crazy first hand experiences of being a rockstar. Connecting to the story or the author is a good way to experience the book, because it can teach you things, make you take up some introspection, or even make you like who you are more. Reading has so many things to offer and it can mean whatever you want it to, for me it is the imagination and the connection to the story that makes me want to read.
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I never really thought about how reading allows you make your own movies. That's a really neat way of putting that and I, too, love that about reading.
ReplyDeleteI also talked about how the connection you make with characters is the reason behind me reading. It feels weird to almost feel like you actually personally know the character. I also like relating to the authors which is what I think you were talking about when you mentioned how you liked autobiographies.
ReplyDeleteThanks Cara thats sick!
DeleteIt's kind of nice how a movie portrays a scene from a book, but it is even better to create your own vision of that same scene.
ReplyDeleteI like the two examples you used to talk about how a book's point of view can be the thing that makes it work for readers. Good job of explaining the role of imagination in reading.
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