The Creative Evolution The article “Your Brain on Fiction,” by Annie Murphy Paul, states that there is a distinct relationship between the stories we read and the way they stimulate our brain. Furthermore, Author Sam McNerney published the article “Is Creativity Sexy? The Evolutionary Advantages of Artistic Thinking,” which links human progression to our creative thinking. Both authors are successful in making one concerned about the relationship between the creative stimulation in our brain and how one acts in life due to it. For example, Sam McNerney explains that creativity is an essential human trait that progressed the human race.
By reading “How to Read Literature like a Professor” and “The Kite Runner”, the reader is aided in his or her ability to understand the true meanings behind the text. One is able to decipher how the act of coming together to eat can mean anything from a simple meal with family, to an uncomfortable situation that leads to anger or stress in an individual character. The reader is able to understand the use of rain or other weather in a novel to transform the mood and tone of scene, or understand the cleansing or destructive qualities that weather may have on the overall plot of the story. The use of illness can be transformed, as it can lead to the reader discovering veiled means behind tuberculosis, cholera, a simple cold, or even cancers such
Fiction books can have a great impact with their readers by talking about what happens in our society. Secondly reading fiction books is really beneficial because it helps you be more knowledgeable. There are more than 15,000 gang homicides across the United States. Luis, pg. 83, “ she was just too tired pulling me out of jail cells, of getting reports from school about the fights i’d been in, of expecting a call from a hospital or morgue “. This issue is relevant to the world because it can save someone's life and it prevents readers to getting involve with bad things.
What is the relationship between the self and religious influence? Flannery O’Connor explores the tensions between fulfilling the self’s needs in the face of religion. After a great deal of religious influence, the self is likely to rebel (even to the extent of committing horrible misdeeds). At the point in the novel depicted in the above passage, young Tarwater is in conversation with a supposedly evil voice that comes to him after his zealous great uncle’s death.
Sue Grafton disputes the social conventions set by men in the mystery genre. Her character Kinsey Millhone understands the power of mastering code and several other skills. This linguistically savvy character focuses on manipulating individuals into confessing secret information. Kinsey Millhone redefines the social order into a more desirable political view. Still relying upon realism and first-person narrative,Grafton endeavors to create a heroine that both rebels against and utilizes the genre attributes.
They also gain an understanding of that period in time, how people were treated during that period in time and what went on during that period of time. When reading a novel it is more enjoyable to read than reading a factual report or article. It has been proven that if you find something enjoyable you learn and understand the topic better and in more detail compared to if you don’t enjoy what you’re doing. From my own experiences I can relate to the evidence.
Vengeances Is Mines In the novel True Grit, Charles Portis makes a character named Rooster Cogburn. The character Portis makes a unique identity. Rooster is a unique kind of man because of his past as a criminal and now a marshal. Rooster Cogburn is a one of a kind character as a result of his bad history showed him how to kill. Likewise, Rooster is caring and has a connection to Mattie.
Annie Murphy Paul uses studies to back up her thesis. For example, she argues that people who often read fiction appear to be better able to understand other people, emphasize with them, and view the world from their perspective. " A 2010 study by Mar found a similar result in young children: the more more stories they had read to them, the keener their "theory of mind", or mental model of other people's intentions." Murphy also uses research to provide evidence that reading changes an individual.
This outlook is reflected in national surveys, the number of literary non-readers in the United States is starting to outweigh the number of readers and, this has slowly been proceeding over the past 20 years (Gioia 421). Reading is a fundamental part of life. It’s a major way of expression, imagination, learning and being the best person
“ fiction helps us understand how other people feel and think.” (“The power of reading: how books help develop children’s empathy and boost their emotional development”). The estimation of the statement is that it has a solid importance about how fiction books help kids. The essentialness of this statement is that books, for example, fiction enables children to see how individuals feel as well as think. Books are a gateway
The decline of reading has consequences to it and one of them is people will have a lower set of mental skills. He says, “ the ability to create emotional and emotional ability,” will disappear if we no longer read. This should make the audience think and reflect on the point that he has proven
The two readings I have chosen are Your Brain On Fiction by Annie Murphy Paul which is about how different parts of your brain react to certain words or phrases, and Is Creativity Sexy? The Evolutionary Advantages of Artistic Thinking by Sam McNerney which talks about the connection between sex and creativity. Murphy Paul and McNerney did a satisfying job keeping me concerned throughout the reading starting with the relations with gender, the title and the evolution with science. One thing that kept me interested in Sam McNerney’s article was how when it came to creativity and sex it depended on gender and motivational state, as said at the beginning of paragraph six. I can understand why people would agree with this because of the stereotype
In her report titled “Reading Literature Makes Us Smarter and Nicer,” journalist Annie Murphy Paul claims that the experiences and mental capacities developed when one engages in deep reading, such as reading a novel, versus reading online are different. Murphy asserts that deep reading, such as reading fictional books, makes us socially and morally better. She presents evidence based on research in the field of cognitive science that concludes that deep reading, through its use of vivid details and elaborate plots, allows readers to be more empathetic to others and more understanding. Therefore, this essay will explore the differences and similarities between deep reading versus reading online, whether or not reading can make us smarter or
Books vs. Movies The constant battle between watching a movie and reading a book has lead to many disagreements. Many valid arguments can be made in favor of each as well as each having it’s own disadvantages, yet the question still remains unanswered. Books and movies have many similarities and differences when it comes to experience, development, and imagery. To begin, there are a variety of reasons that make movies not as good as books. The experience, the depth, and the imagery are the three main aspects one needs in order to understand why movies are not as good as books.
Everyone knows that reading is important, but have you ever asked yourself why is that so? Reading is one of the most beneficial and practical activities that a human being can do. Unfortunately it is a disappointment that people these days read less. As we know, books were the main source of entertainment centuries ago, but with the widespread of technological advances such as the cinema, television, internet, among others, many people left their books on the bookshelf. The purpose of this speech is to present the benefits and the importance of reading.
