Why we read literature The word literature means ‘acquaintance with letters.’ With literature we can put anything and everything into words and play it like a video for someone else to see. It is a profession where words are arranged in such a way that they describe‚ feelings‚ emotions‚ experiences etc. it describes society and the people living in it‚ what they think of it and what they want it to be. There are many reasons to why we read literature. We could read it for information which is to
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Why Mark Twain is Famous Why was Mark Twain famous and well known throughout the world? But first what is the fame I am talking about. Many people become famous for mainly two reasons. One is being known or talked about by many people‚ and the second is achieving something notable that nobody else has done before. Now which category does Twain fall under now? He falls under the category of being known by people and what he does‚ so he falls under both. The important thing is the he didn’t
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Fiction Books Reading fiction is fun and also necessary. It opens your mind to a new place where everything is different from your daily routine. Fiction books can actually make you feel like you already lived that situation‚ like you felt the good and the bad‚ the sorrow‚ the happiness‚ the people and places. It makes you fly away from your stressing routine and get into a magic world. An example of a series of fiction books is Harry Potter‚ written by J.K Rowling. It is a series of seven fantasy
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People read newspapers such as Borneo Post‚ The Star‚ News Strait Times and Berita Harian. Newspaper gives us a lot of latest information about the issues around us either in or out the country. During break and lunch time‚ students and staff always take along with them a newspaper. Reading newspapers give a lot of information but only a few students read newspapers because students are not really interested with this kind of reference‚ as they know that they can surf news-online and they have no
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1. Chemistry a. All of our bodies are composed of organic and inorganic matter b. All atomic processes in living things involve either synthesis or breaking down of complex compounds which are purely chemical phenomena. c. All living organisms involve flow of energy‚ transformation of energy‚ from organic compounds like carbohydrates‚ proteins‚ fats‚ etc. d. Genetic materials DNA/RNA are formed by chemical compounds. e. Enzymes‚ hormones and other fluids are mainly chemical
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Why Do We Read Literature? First‚ Literature Defined: * "The creation of literature is a uniquely human activity‚ born of man’s timeless desire to understand‚ express‚ and finally share experiences." * Literature is "a concrete artifact -- a story‚ a poem‚ or a play" * "The medium of translation‚ of course‚ is language‚ the written and spoken word." * "When we speak of literature‚ however‚ we have in mind a special kind of language that differs from the ordinary discourse with
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In his book Why Teach?‚ Mark Edmundson has written an essay in which he approaches an argument about the paradoxical consumer culture surrounding education. The university professor takes a stance on the problems that he has both experienced in his own classroom and observed on campuses‚ and he assigns these problems—his claims—appropriate blames. Enough logic is used to make these “blames” more factual‚ and he often claims how things are and offers several reasons as to why. His essay‚ “Liberal
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Mark Twain: Controversial Folk Author Imagine growing up in the segregated south‚ on the Mississippi River‚ and being able to adventure on the river and in the forests nearby. This adventurous childhood inspired Mark Twain’s childlike‚ yet still sophisticated‚ novels. Mark Twain was born in 1835 and grew up with his brother in a small southern town on the Mississippi River. He spent his childhood adventuring and playing around. Adventures on the river gave Twain the influence for writing his novels
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Rex Murphy’s “To Read or Not to Read” is a literary criticism on the works “How to Read and Why” written by Harold Bloom. Murphy explains his views on the importance of reading and asks the question “Why do we read?” His response to this question‚ he states “Plainly‚ we read because while it is not necessary to life that we do‚ life is much easier‚ more accessible‚ wider in its potential for those who can and do read‚ than for those who cannot and do not”. This essentially means that although reading
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Why students don’t read newspaper? Now days most of students don’t read newspaper for some reasons. Students don’t care about the news and they are lazy‚ some of them say that I don’t like to read because I always read and study‚ and some of them say that no need to read newspaper because the devolving of technology. In this essay I would like to talk about this point and the reasons of why students don’t read newspaper. The reasons that I want to talk about it is the internet People can use
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