Connections Between Marley And Me

I felt trapped.

Trapped in between the books, the lines, and the words. No matter how hard I tried, I still could not escape from this prison – the library.

Looking through the windows, I saw kids running around the playground with big smiles on their faces in a glorious sunshine day. Yet here I was, walked through the aisles and picked out uninteresting books that have the least pages so that I could spend minimal time to finish my reading logs.

This feeling was unpleasant. I felt trapped.

Because of books that I was forced to read, reading had never appealed to me in a pleasant way. Eventually, I slowly lost interest in reading. Instead, I would see it as more of a chore than something I would enjoy doing in my free time. It became common

The theme of the book hooked me in. I was blown away when I found out there’s lots of similarities between my dog, Flash, and Marley. The book was like a shadow of mine. It followed me everywhere and told me stories about Marley. Slowly, it became part of me as I kept reading it whenever I had a chance. The emotional connection that I had with John, Marley’s owner, while reading enlightened me to a whole new world. I was able to imagine every single vivid detail that happened in the book and experienced the exact same struggles that John and Marley went through. The frustration, the affections and even the heart-breaking moments. Tears never have busted from my eyes so quickly from a reading. Words sudden turned into characters that danced around on the surface of book and acted out all the scenes. It felt like everything was happening in front of me. These emotional connections that I had with this book has never stuck me in any book that I had ever read before. I was engrossed into the

Recently, I started reading on different sources of media. I realized I became less apathetic and was more aware of events that happened around me. For example, reading news helps me catch up on what’s happening in the society and how it is impacting my daily life. This is the moment that I realized the power of reading. Without knowing how to read, no one would care about what’s going on in the world that we live in. We would be no different than animals because all we will be worrying about is how to survive. In addition, reading has not only helped me stay connected to the world and people around me, but it has also widened my knowledge on a variety of topics. While looking through the news, I was especially interested in crime scene investigation. I was practically fascinated about this topic that I spent an entire summer just reading books and news about crime and how the forensic scientists do what they have to do to help solve the mystery. I would imagine myself being one of the investigator and try to figure out the mystery as I read. After reading forensic science related books, it became clear to me that is what I want to do for my future. I am currently pursuing a chemistry major with the plans on doing forensic science. Reading has not only enriched my knowledge and imagination but also helped me to discover my career goal. When I have a book