Literature has shaped my life playing a major role in influencing the thoughts, feelings, and perspectives I have of the world through the lens of the author. Throughout my life, books offered a sense of escapism, wisdom, power, and intellect.
Reading Reflections
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“Hills Like White Elephants” hits close to home as being a mother and a woman in a world full of men whose belief is that woman are beneath them.
All the Bright Places tells the story of two young high school teenagers, Finch and Violet, who are both struggling and suffering from mental health issues from their past traumatic family situation.
As we read The Diary Of a Young Girl we realize the strength of spirit that human beings are capable of developing, even in the darkest and most desolate moments of our lives.
I want to go to the park with a blanket, a picnic, and a book.
I used to be the kind of person that watched movies over books and spoilt endings before beginning anything. However, reading taught me patience, urging me to savor each and every word before flipping to a new page.
It’s amazing how storytelling and poetry can touch my feelings and change my perspective on how I look at things. It’s like looking through other points of view into different cultures, eras, and even mental states.
Finding that out left middle school me in shock and as typical as the mind of a middle schooler was, the first thought in my head was that I was adopted.
There are so many things books can do that are amazing. Books will always be my safe place no matter how long I go without reading, and for many others as well I hope one day that books can wiggle themselves into everyone’s life and brighten their day when it’s needed.
With novels it is a different experience than comics and movies, we are able to use our imagination.
When it gets rainy and cloudy outside so chilly it seeps into my bones, there is nothing I want to do more than get a book off my shelf and get lost in the words of each page, seeking a new adventure every time the weather is as gloomy as it can get.
Reading is a form of escape from the real world. A small break from the hardships one can face in normal everyday life.
