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The Dying Art of Reading Books | Ms. Arrushi Agarwal | TEDxSRMU


I’m going to be speaking about the art
of reading
a room without a book is like a body
without a soul Marcus Tullius what is a
book a bundle of pages with words in it
a way to pass time no a book is a world
and explored it is an adventure a
journey Cassandra Clare has said one
must be careful of the books and the
words in them for they have the power to
change us indulge me for a second what
this is my simple mic now close your
eyes and imagine a microphone now think
about a house now you have all imagines
the same microphone because I gave you a
visual representation but you all
interpreted the word house differently
that is how a book makes a difference
now books are not limited to one genre
they have been there since the start of
history it’s how people communicate
their ideas their thoughts their
passions visuals cannot be passed down
through generations
words can Stephen King has said that’s
the thing about books they let you
travel without moving your feet now a
common question arises why do I need to
read a 300 or 400 page book when I can
just watch a two-hour movie that’s very
easy to answer when you watch a movie
you are just looking at one person’s
perspective it’s just the tip of the
iceberg but when you read a book you not
only look at the characters you connect
with them you hear their thoughts you
feel their feelings you look into a
world with the eyes of a person who
might not even exist now everyone has a
distinct image of the character that
they read about that is like six billion
different interpretations of a single
person and this is how a book makes a
difference now books are have multiple
genres
a person who’s a journalist can enjoy
reading books by looking at biographies
historical novels and philosophies a
person who seeks the thrill of the
unknown has mysteries and psychological
thrillers one common thing that people
feel is that the book and the movie
represent the same thing that’s simply
not true
the mere stimulation that you feel while
turning the page when you’re on a
cliffhanger is incomparable to any line
that an actor can deliver a person who
seeks to escape reality has a vast world
of fiction to explore Joseph has said
there are worse crimes than burning a
there are various kinds of writers in
all the fields who have achieved in
measurable Heights like Dan Brown whose
mysteries are delicately integrated like
angels and demons with the societies of
the past like the Illuminati the
classics of Jane Austen which tell us
about a time period which has long gone
Pride and Prejudice tells us about the
Elizabethan era how they used to talk to
each other the mannerisms if we are
trying to invent a time machine then we
just have to look no further than a book
it’s already there
now it’s not just about the reading when
you go into a bookstore there is like
there are a hundred hundreds of books
over there it’s searching for your
soulmate that perfect book with that
impeccable synopsis in that sea of pages
it’s that feel of the book in your hand
that smell of parchment that cuts
through the air it’s a thumping of your
heart when you reach to be plunged into
a new world and that smile that you get
when you read that first dialogue it is
the best journey ever and it is
addicting now people think that book
like it’s normal to read books but it
like it’s not necessary to read one why
do I need to read a book what’s so great
about it that has a very
simple and deceptive answer when you
read a book you make the story your own
you make the characters your own in a
movie you are not given the opportunity
to imagine you have no opportunity to
read between the lines but in a book you
know the characters you know their
thoughts you have the ability to see how
they feel to go into their world and
live how they do that is something you
can only get by reading a book there is
not enough time in a lifetime to read
all the books not enough words to tell
all the great stories and not enough
pages to capture all that creativity
Sylvie PLAs has said I can never read
all the books I want I can never live
all the lives I want I can never be all
the people I want or learn all the
skills that I want and why do I want
that I wanted to feel and see the shades
tones and variations of mental and
physical experiences of human life but I
am horribly limited now this limitation
this hurdle can be overcome by one very
simple thing one very simple art the art of reading
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