As much as I would like to say I always loved to read, that really isn’t the case. At one point in middle school I constantly had trouble answering questions we were given in English class that were based on texts, and it made me hate doing reading activities. It was a constant struggle to understand what, “the author is trying to say.”
Turning Point?
I’m pretty sure the turning point had to do with the novel, “To Kill A Mockingbird.” Why? I had to read the book every year for English class during high school, and every single year I would learn something new and it would be something I could’ve never guessed on my own. Later as I started to read independently, finding symbols, themes, hidden meanings behind certain texts started to become easier, and putting aside some of the bland novels I came across, the messages some of them held were a lot more meaningful than the typical books you pick up. I think the books you pick really tend to shape your way of thinking also. The more you think about a topic, the more you want to learn about it.
Another point that helped me with getting into reading, as funny as it may sound, was visualizing a bookshelf full of all the books I’d buy. You know the really aesthetic looking ones everybody seems to find on pinterest. But after visualizing it I didn’t want it to be just random books that may fill up a couple shelves. It had to be something that people would look at fascinated and find it as an inspiration to themselves too.
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