Why People Read Less And Less
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Re: Why People Read Less And Less
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I'm in my thirties now, mother of two, and I can't read enough! This summer I was reading 3-5 books a week as well as reading a chapter book to my six year old and "Good Night Moon" to my toddler (repeatedly lol). I even got my husband hooked on reading, most often he or I will find a good book and pass it on to the other so we talk about it. Neither of us were ever into reading for pleasure prior to our thirties, perhaps we were too young to appreciate the joy a good story brings.
As a mother I have already vowed to teach my children the joy books can bring. I want them to understand how entertaining a good book can be and how your imagination is so much better at showing you the story then just watching a movie.
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I agree with this!hareid03 wrote:I think another reason is that more and more books are being turned into movies. So a new and common mindset now is "why bother reading the book when I can just watch the movie?" I know that I've been guilty of thinking this when it came to assigned books in high school. If I really didn't like a book, like The Scarlet Letter for example, then I would just get the movie to watch so I would at least get the gist of the plot.
Lately I found myself watching the movies AFTER reading the books. My mom asked me: if you already know the story, why are you watching the movie?
And I told her: Because this way I can compare with what I imagined in my head and to clear some doubts I had about the story/plot.
Sadly it's happening the other way around. Most people are too lazy to make a mental effort of following a story through words, so they will just watch the movie instead because the movies do all the job for them.
And then, of course, most people don't feel like reading the book because they've watched the movie.
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Good point. With all the texting people do, they don't even have the patience to talk to people on the phone anymore. Everything is abbreviated. No wonder people are reading less traditional books.Charlene wrote:People read less and less because reading takes time. Our generation is so advanced with our technology to make things faster. This explains why some of us do not have the kind of patience to sit back and exercise our mind. We seem to be running away from appreciating everything and slow things down for a bit.
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You're so right. I think that when I got facebook and then a smartphone, my life changed a lot from real conversations to messaging conversations. Though technology is great, it's difficult to remove oneself from all of the easy communication possible nowadays and take time away from phones and computers to read. I have two books sitting next to my bed that I really want to read, but I suppose my priorities aren't in the right order, or I loose myself on facebook instead.Artiste8 wrote:I didn't grow up around computers or a lot of channels on TV. I was lonely a lot, my brothers much older than me, so I read. I think if I was a teenager today, I wouldn't read as much. I would be to busy updating my Facebook and checking everyone else's Facebook too. I would have to keep up with my friends in using Facebook, texting etc.. I am glad I know what life is like without so much technology. I am not against technology, it's what I do for my job, but I do believe you need a balance in life. I think most kids theses days don't have that balance.
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I second this Trix!I agree!Trix9201 wrote:I think that people read books less because there are so many other things to read; the internet has an endless supply, magazines, newspapers to name but a few. I have friends who are reading all the time and are people of significant information but haven't finished a book since high school.
Another theory I have is that reading as a passion and a pass time needs to be modeled to people so they continue reading. The only book I saw my dad read was the Bible because he was so busy working to support all of us. But my mother was always reading to us and in front of us as a result my brothers and sister and I are voracious readers (especially reading with our kids). Nowadays, it is hard to sit down and read with your kids or on your own when there is school, dinner, extra-curricular activities, baths, homework, housework etc. My family gave up tv in order to make more time and budget room for reading.
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