Annie Paul's Brilliant Report

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Shakespeare, Allan Poe, Mark Twain, and others are all famous writers that have sold one or more books to a variety of age readers not realizing how their vocabulary in their novels would affect the person they become afterward or possibly not except the tale being told; at least that’s what it seems to be the way researchers are making this dispute about. The controversy, in which researchers and others are trying to prove that literature and “deep reading” are beneficial to making readers better beings, is very vigorous with the researchers making studies and data to prove that it actually does help readers become more intellectual and shockingly affect personality wise into also being nicer. The debate in other words, is not something that …show more content…

In Annie Paul’s Brilliant Report mid-2013 article, Reading Literature Makes Us Smarter and Nicer, she provides specific examples of those who believe in the beneficial side of literature which is what Raymond Mar and Keith Oakley believe in their studies where they report that readers who commonly read fiction novels are quite often more capable “to understand people, empathize with them,” and can “view the world from their perspective” which to many people like them use this as part of their evidence to prove their point of their side of the controversy as the possibility for different aged individuals choose to continue and read more books, These psychologists have discovered these results in not only older children and adults, but also in young children which came to the conclusion that the chance that the young kids expand their vocabulary on novels has a high chance that it's true and possible. Therefore, the issue of deep reading in different ages is essential for the expansion of knowledge and has a high possibility to be proven right than the its influence on personality and change of attitude, but the type of deep reading done can also influence and become an obstacle for readers to face in order to improve in what’s …show more content…

This has now had researchers worried that they aren’t receiving the correct way of deep reading of a literature which causes a blockade for their growth as its taken to concern that “ ...online reading may be less engaging and less satisfying” as with printed books “are uniquely conducive to the deep reading experience” which could be the case to why it's not considered to read online. The results of Britain’s National Literacy Trust study tend to show how deep reading of literature helps their knowledge on printed novels than electronic devices by stating that “ 39% of children and teens read daily using electronic devices, but” out of the few percentage they are” three times less likely to say they enjoy reading” and also “ a third less likely to have a favorite book.” While on the other hand if those who read online and printed novels or just printed books have higher possibilities for them to be “ above-average readers” than those who don’t daily read or only read