Reading

Reading is an activity that is enjoyable on a daily or weekly basis. Reading is important to improve our knowledge and know about the past, present and future, we can indulge on topics we enjoy, and for me anything political, news or science. It doesn’t have to be a physical book one sits down on a chair and opens, articles such as TIME magazine, or science magazines which I enjoy. When I read, it is time for me to appreciate something I must, like school texts, or it is time to do something I enjoy.

Reading is important in this current modern era. Without reading, I feel it is very difficult to understand the current world, the past and the future. Reading assists in analyzing what has happened in the past and the developments from the past to become the present and what may we predict what happens in the future as we developed into a more advanced species. Books such as Karl Marx Communist Manifesto, 1984 and such reflect on past political structures, societies and how we have improved from the past. The poem by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas stated “all of which were words, words, words, and each of which were alive forever,” and that quote I believed meant the words spread across page and pages was more important than perceived, meaningful throughout human history, something special, something unique, something we learn about the world today. Other than that, we can also succeed on our english exams and english papers.

The last book that I read was “The Wind Up Bird Chronicle” and it was a boring book at first, however, like a bildungsroman novel, the main character Toru Okada develops into a more responsible, independent, caring character. We read books like these that assist us to understand about the human soul, human nature, human wants, and most importantly our future development. The book piqued my interest later on. I do not read very often, not like Mr Mahoney does, however I do read a few times a week on novels, I enjoy, TIME magazine, or anything related to science. I feel that removing some of the time which I am not productive, I could squeeze in some time for reading.

7 Books I would Take to a Deserted Island

1. Inheritance (Brisingr, Eragon, Eldest)- These four books were the ones that got me into reading in the first place, some of the favourite books I have ever read.
2. The Wind Up Bird Chronicle (Unexpected)- This book was such a tedious book to get through before I got to the final section, “Bird is Prophet” when the book shone for its brilliance on internet reviews, I was enlightened about the meaning of the past events and how Toru Okada, the main character and grown.
3. Of Mice and Men (Year 8 book for school)- This book we did in Year 8 as one of our major study books. It is about two friends George and Lennie working on a ranch during the American Depression, wanting to buy their own land and survive. They face unexpected troubles along their journey with “big” Lennie unable to think like an adult and George helping him along the way.
4. 20,000 Leagues under the sea- This book by Jules Verne I believe was a very interesting scientific novel that surpassed its era. What I was fascinated about this book was its ability to invent the shape of the submarine that was used in the future.

5&6. The Call of The Wind and White Fang- These two books by Jack London are really special to me. Not only was this text on a scholarship exam paper in Year 9 immediately after reading it, it is a great book about Buck and his adventures in the snow among fierce competition. White Fang is about a dog who is 3 quarters wolf and 1 quarter dog, facing extreme cruelty before finding a master.

7. Animal Farm- This book was such good book in its political satire. Although I am anti-capitalist, by reading the book enjoyed the metaphor of George Orwell’s anti-communist beliefs reflecting the Russian Revolution and in the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union.