A book is another world hidden in plain sight. Many people say that they are transported to an alternate universe when they read. An author creates a completely different world than ours, and it's amazing to see and experience what they come up with. When I read, it doesn't feel like I'm actually reading. I can see myself in that world with the characters as if I'm in the TV show. I would compare books to music. When I have my headphones in, everything around me drowns out and I get to create for myself what is going on around me. The same is for books: everything around me seems to disappear and the characters' world comes into my mind.
While we read "Scribble" by Victor LaValle in class, I found myself completely disagreeing with his opinion. Sure, books are mass produced, and there is a stereo-typical teenage girl fiction novel that everyone loves. But every book has a different story, with different characters, and with different situations altogether. I also disagree with LaValle when he says that treating a book like a pair of stone tablets is "a pretty Old Testament way of thinking." I think that we should be treating books like a pair of stone tablets. This excerpt and most of the others had a bit in there that said that iPads and Kindles will eventually take over the industry.
I also agree with most of the writers when they say that a book has a certain feel and smell to it. There is something different from reading a book on your tiny little screen and holding the book in your hands. The smell from the books in the thrift store is a little too much, but it reminds me of the real world. I'm always staring at a screen. It's a good change to hold the book in my hands and look at physical words on a page. The other day I was at the store and I saw a copy of Divergent. I begged my mom to buy it because I wanted to have a paper copy of it since I read it on my Kindle app. I'm dreading the day when books rarely printed and e-readers are the most popular way to read.
New York Times Article by Mohsin Hamid here
I really like how you just talk about books and I like how open it is! good job!
ReplyDeleteNice job. That first line is really true I think. A book should be a place to escape reality and transform the world around you into something new.
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