Friday, January 14, 2011
Twilight Of The Books. By: Caleb Crain (my view)
As I read the the article I understood that reading was falling to television. Reading doesn't give the imagery that we receive from watching T.V. Giving the fact that I am not an avid reader or t.v watcher, I would still rather sit down and read than sit and watch a program. I can usually figure out what is going to happen next during a show, but reading, unless you already know the ending, seems to keep its secrecy. In the lines of reading dropping, if we could just pick up a list of the type of literature that each person prefers then we could stay away from the t.v more. As children we like literature that entertains us or that is in an area of our interest, but after we grow into teens and adults what do we like? We are not going to like the same things we read as children, it might be in the same area of interest, but our understanding of things change. For me it's not that i don't like reading, it is the fact that if I start reading something and it doesn't interest me I am going to put it down. It has to catch my attention. If it does then I usually don't put the literature down until I have to or I'm done. The question is why is it so hard to find literature that catches our interests?
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I feel that we're not necessarily failing to find literature that catches our interest, but more that we are forgoing literature because television's easier to obtain.
ReplyDeleteSay I like reading mysteries. I have to go to the store, purchase each book I want to read separately, and then come home to enjoy them. Meanwhile, there's a television in every home and it gives instant gratification, something we crave. The advent of products like the Kindle are helping stop that, but really it's just quantity beating out quality, as it were.
That is true. I guess it just depends on how each person looks at it. It is true that products like the Kindle are helping many get back into reading, but it's still not the same as a book. Reading is Reading though, one way or another. In the end the source doesn't really matter.
ReplyDeleteI believe it is just part of this fast pace generation. I know I never feel like I have time for anything anymore so for me if it doesn't catch my interest then it isn't something I am willing to give more time too. However, often if I manage to give it more time it usually doe3s catch my interest.
ReplyDeleteI have only a few friends who share my obsession with reading, but I have many converts in people that I work with or people in my classes. (That makes it sound like reading is a cult, which is not EXACTLY what I was going for...) What I like to tell people is to look for books in the same genre as your favorite movies. You like action? There are plenty of adventure stories out there. Romance? You can't go wrong with Jane Austen, in my humble opinion. Horror? Not that I've read him, but I've heard Stephen King is terrifying. There are plenty of books out there and plenty of genres. People just need to be more receptive to the concept of thinking for themselves rather than letting a box come up with the pictures for them.
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