They might instead skip around, scanning for pertinent information of interest… I can’t get my students to read whole books anymore…” (318). Students are not focusing on reading a book from beginning to end. Instead, students tend to skim through and miss the important information which is a negative impact on them. Carr agrees that using the Web so often is having a negative effect on him because he is having a harder time focusing and reading articles which are more than a few sentences. He points out, “When I mentions my troubles with reading to friends, many say they’re suffering from similar afflictions.
First of all, it can be said that this desire for books and affinity for words is an innate ability to all human beings. In Fahrenheit 451, Faber, the professor helping Montag, was taught like all other citizen not to think of books, and to denunciate anyone who might own books. Nevertheless, he decides to read them, because he is attracted by the material and intellectual content of them. He, of course, hid these, but he still had to bring them back home, which was dangerous. He put himself in danger for books, which proves that human are ready to take big risks for culture, which shows they have this innate and natural desire for books.
He started copying down every word, page after page as a way of learning. The author uses pathos when explaining Malcolm’s struggles with his writing skills. “ It was sad. I couldn’t even write in a straight line.” (258) It creates sympathy in the audience, but Malcolm also gave us belief that he will succeed with learning to reading: “ I suppose it was inevitable that my word-base broadened, I could for the first time pick up a book and read and now begin to understand what the book was saying.” (259) I think his self-motivations and self-teachings are a form of hope that he wanted to show every struggling reader; he wanted to pose as an example. As he continues explaining his studies he creates a strong credibility when he compares his prison studies with if he had attended some college; he says: “ I imagine that one of the biggest troubles with colleges is there are too many distractions, too much panty-raiding, fraternities, and boola-boola and all that.” (266) He had studies far more intensively that he would have ever in his life.
Authors use themes in their story to give their readers an important message about life. Authors develop themes differently by using literary elements and literary devices. Many stories have a similar themes just like the stories The Count Of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Blessings by Mary Hall Surface. In the story The Count Of Monte Cristo the theme is even when times get rough, always have hope for the future. I picked this theme because in the beginning of the story Edmond Dates, a prisoner, is a sad lonely man that wants to die because he has no other prisoner to talk to and he has no hope for getting out of jail.
People are losing concentration easier than before internet was created. He is just frustrated that he can’t sit down and enjoy a long book like he used to which is why he wrote this article based on his own experience. Many points were stated in this article that might be true for certain individuals, but not for me. The one thing
Many people use reading as an escape from the world and a chance to give the body and mind a break. It allows the mind to relax because it only has to focus on what is being read. Books can be beneficial to retain information but in order to progress, it is important to expound and stretch the mind based on the reading. If an individual constantly is reading than I believe that there is no opportunity to let the mind grow and develop its own ideas. Schopenhauer uses the analogy of a spring being constantly held under a heavy weight comparing the mind constantly being held back by reading books.
Even Carr admits when he reads books now, his “concentration often starts to drift after the first two or three pages” (150). It’s important to physically read a book, take a walk, or do something else that allows the mind a rest. We could take crochet lessons, collect coins, and learn a new language. The brain will be able to develop more rather than having a computer determine our hyperactivity. In the end technology will enslave all those who are addicted.
Sure, so what if Lush Life is meant to portray the life of a detective correctly, showing readers that detectives usually have to mess up, be frustrated, meet obstacles, be bored, and deal with injustice? People read books to escape reality, but Lush Life, instead, paints a portrait of reality and not leaving out any piece of crap involved. We already know that life sucks, the police sucks, and bad guys always get away so even if Price was trying to show that we don’t live in a perfect world and that televised and dramatized versions are ultimately inaccurate, he didn’t have to turn Eric Cash’s life upside down and have the justice system be portrayed as incompetent and unfair. However, Price did and it’s just darn unfair. Turning Eric Cash’s life upside down seemed like a fun past time for Price.
He has to give that up in order to get away from all the negativity and hypnotization that state of mind brought about. “In life we get only those things for which we hunt, for which we strive, and for which we are willing to sacrifice,” George Matthew Adams, a journalist, once said. It’s what was running through my mind while reading the book. It makes for a great inspirational quote, especially the last part
From this situation he recognized his seek for an education. He describes how it all really began while he was being held at the Prison. One of his friend, encouraged him to read, he would try his best but would end up quitting because he would skip the words he didn’t know and keep reading. He could never fully understand what he was reading about. So he decided that he needed to learn how to read and write properly.