4‧23 WORLD BOOK DAY CREATIVE COMPETITION 2020
Senior Secondary English Category
Kaur Ramanjot 4C
Life Without Books
Imagine how lifestyles might be without books. Have you ever thought approximately where you would be right now standing at a point in life where you wouldn’t be analyzing a book or this article? It’s essentially like staring at a blank page, or having a thought that you couldn’t share, because if you did, nobody would be capable of understanding it.
A world without studying is like fish without water or, a balloon without air. We’re analyzing more today in 2019 than whilst the Sumerians invented writing 6,000 years ago. It’s now not simply on clay tablets but additionally on our smartphones, computers, e-readers, and on tablets where the Sumerians could only dream about using. For a child, reading’s importance is first learnt to understand letters, or to count to 20. For a parent, it is reading aloud a favorite children’s classic before bedtime. For a physician, it’s getting updates on latest medical breakthroughs, and for a student like me, it’s far for studying capabilities with a view to make me equip them for a competitive job marketplace sooner or later.
When I was a child, at around 4 or 5 years old, I was gaining knowledge of pre-analyzing capabilities. This is when I learnt a way to write letters or short words, and also to seek a broader vocabulary and studying simple, one-syllable words. That’s after I started being exposed to reading and writing. Up till now, teachers are usually pushing us to read. They would hold reading activities and make us take reading lessons every day just to read a book. And if I’m going to be honest, it was quite annoying. I would constantly hear teachers asking us students to pick a book up to read. I in no way understood the point of doing so, and let me tell you. I’m sure I wasn’t the only person who thought so. I was really tired and not eager to do it at first but I later started understanding why. After reading a bunch of books, I started becoming more curious and interested in certain types of things. I would always ask questions in all honesty, my peers got really annoyed and tired of my endless guesses. I mean, I really couldn’t blame them... and even I sometimes wondered why I was like this!
Reading has not only made me enthusiastic, but it has broadened my vocabulary. I love reading all kinds of books such as classical literature, poetry, fiction and all other sorts. They all use many distinctive vocabularies which have expanded my understanding on many forms of things. I recently read a book called "Life Without Limits”. It touched my heart in ways you couldn’t imagine. It’s about this person who was born without any limbs. I’ve asked a few people how they all feel like if they didn’t have any arms or legs, and they all said it would be miserable. But not this guy, Nick Vujicic battles his disabilities and tries living an independent life which turned out to be successful. I used to suppose I had the worst life but after reading this book, I honestly cannot imagine what it’d be like dwelling on an existence like Nick. He truly is an inspiration as he made me overcome some of my difficulties in certain situations. When I was a kid, I’ve heard of this book and thought it was just your typical cliché book of positive thinking... and guess what, I was wrong! If I’m going to suggest a book to anyone with difficulties or just finding a book to make use of their time, I would most definitely recommend this book. It talks about many aspects of things in which you may have never considered.
Apart from reading causing you to expand your vocabulary, it also improves your writing and language capabilities. It makes you become more imaginative such as creating new settings and themes. Furthermore, every time you read, it enhances your memory and creates a new memory of what you’ve read - essentially exercising your memory muscles. Along with, you’d also be most likely to vote and be more culturally involved. A study by the National Endowment for the Arts found that people who regularly read were much more likely to be engaged civically and culturally. Besides, it’s always true of the saying that people who read are more likely to get ahead when it comes to their careers, and life in general. Which means, reading actually makes you win at life.
Besides printed books, there are numerous other electronic versioned books to read from too! E-books are a useful tool nowadays if you’re a lazy person like me and don’t want to carry a heavy stack of books with you, not only do you have the ease of reading, but you also have access to thousands of books just at your fingertips. Websites or apps such as Kindle include many varieties of books to choose from, you’d have a never ending catalogue of books just waiting to be read.
Overall, I’m pretty sure writers work hard with heart, hustle, and dedication just to write books for people to read. It’s very exhausting writing an article let alone a book, and if you have a "heart" as many people would say, why put a writer’s efforts to waste? Read them and help them earn what they deserve, and in return, perhaps one day, if you write your own book, you’d get the favor returned!
I’ve read many books in my 15 years. They all had many different styles and languages which made them interesting and eye capturing. Some of my favorite writers would probably include J.K. Rowling, William Shakespeare and Stephan King. In my opinion, they have got to be some of the best writers anyone has ever seen. Their style in writing is just astonishing and ridiculously good. As you know, when the great notable Lloyd Alexander said, “Keep reading, it’s one of the most marvelous adventures that anyone can have.”, that was probably one of the most legitimate sentences I’ve ever had. I’ve gone through many phases of reading while growing up and at the end, I don’t regret it all.
A world without studying is like fish without water or, a balloon without air. We’re analyzing more today in 2019 than whilst the Sumerians invented writing 6,000 years ago. It’s now not simply on clay tablets but additionally on our smartphones, computers, e-readers, and on tablets where the Sumerians could only dream about using. For a child, reading’s importance is first learnt to understand letters, or to count to 20. For a parent, it is reading aloud a favorite children’s classic before bedtime. For a physician, it’s getting updates on latest medical breakthroughs, and for a student like me, it’s far for studying capabilities with a view to make me equip them for a competitive job marketplace sooner or later.
When I was a child, at around 4 or 5 years old, I was gaining knowledge of pre-analyzing capabilities. This is when I learnt a way to write letters or short words, and also to seek a broader vocabulary and studying simple, one-syllable words. That’s after I started being exposed to reading and writing. Up till now, teachers are usually pushing us to read. They would hold reading activities and make us take reading lessons every day just to read a book. And if I’m going to be honest, it was quite annoying. I would constantly hear teachers asking us students to pick a book up to read. I in no way understood the point of doing so, and let me tell you. I’m sure I wasn’t the only person who thought so. I was really tired and not eager to do it at first but I later started understanding why. After reading a bunch of books, I started becoming more curious and interested in certain types of things. I would always ask questions in all honesty, my peers got really annoyed and tired of my endless guesses. I mean, I really couldn’t blame them... and even I sometimes wondered why I was like this!
Reading has not only made me enthusiastic, but it has broadened my vocabulary. I love reading all kinds of books such as classical literature, poetry, fiction and all other sorts. They all use many distinctive vocabularies which have expanded my understanding on many forms of things. I recently read a book called "Life Without Limits”. It touched my heart in ways you couldn’t imagine. It’s about this person who was born without any limbs. I’ve asked a few people how they all feel like if they didn’t have any arms or legs, and they all said it would be miserable. But not this guy, Nick Vujicic battles his disabilities and tries living an independent life which turned out to be successful. I used to suppose I had the worst life but after reading this book, I honestly cannot imagine what it’d be like dwelling on an existence like Nick. He truly is an inspiration as he made me overcome some of my difficulties in certain situations. When I was a kid, I’ve heard of this book and thought it was just your typical cliché book of positive thinking... and guess what, I was wrong! If I’m going to suggest a book to anyone with difficulties or just finding a book to make use of their time, I would most definitely recommend this book. It talks about many aspects of things in which you may have never considered.
Apart from reading causing you to expand your vocabulary, it also improves your writing and language capabilities. It makes you become more imaginative such as creating new settings and themes. Furthermore, every time you read, it enhances your memory and creates a new memory of what you’ve read - essentially exercising your memory muscles. Along with, you’d also be most likely to vote and be more culturally involved. A study by the National Endowment for the Arts found that people who regularly read were much more likely to be engaged civically and culturally. Besides, it’s always true of the saying that people who read are more likely to get ahead when it comes to their careers, and life in general. Which means, reading actually makes you win at life.
Besides printed books, there are numerous other electronic versioned books to read from too! E-books are a useful tool nowadays if you’re a lazy person like me and don’t want to carry a heavy stack of books with you, not only do you have the ease of reading, but you also have access to thousands of books just at your fingertips. Websites or apps such as Kindle include many varieties of books to choose from, you’d have a never ending catalogue of books just waiting to be read.
Overall, I’m pretty sure writers work hard with heart, hustle, and dedication just to write books for people to read. It’s very exhausting writing an article let alone a book, and if you have a "heart" as many people would say, why put a writer’s efforts to waste? Read them and help them earn what they deserve, and in return, perhaps one day, if you write your own book, you’d get the favor returned!
I’ve read many books in my 15 years. They all had many different styles and languages which made them interesting and eye capturing. Some of my favorite writers would probably include J.K. Rowling, William Shakespeare and Stephan King. In my opinion, they have got to be some of the best writers anyone has ever seen. Their style in writing is just astonishing and ridiculously good. As you know, when the great notable Lloyd Alexander said, “Keep reading, it’s one of the most marvelous adventures that anyone can have.”, that was probably one of the most legitimate sentences I’ve ever had. I’ve gone through many phases of reading while growing up and at the end, I don’t regret it all.