Books

The chapter on books in our mass comm textbook was interesting. With all the new technology these days who reads books? Well I do for one. To me books are the ultimate form of entertainment and good exercise for your imagination. It is up to you to fill in the gaps in the story and imagine how the story looks for yourself. Every book is open to interpretation by the reader. Like when you go to see a movie based on a book and your mental picture of the characters is completely different than the movie. These days people are becoming increasingly harder to entertain. Movies have intense special effects that cost millions of dollars just to keep the crowds attention. What ever happened to the plot and characters determining if a story was good? Books are also a window to the past according to the textbook. I completely agree. When I read As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner, it had a total picture in my mind of the South so many years ago. Or Kerouac's On the Road, this is what America looked like in the late 1950's. I wonder what those authors would think about where the culture toady? Books are also supremely entertaining in my opinion. When you read any book by Vonnegut, you can't help but laugh. At least if you're anything like me. So pick up a book once in a while! It's good for you, and you just might like it.