Reading In Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

Reading Is A 21st Century Skill

Reading in the twenty-first century is most definitely more distinct than how it has previously been. We have advanced technologically in a very vast majority of things today, reading being one of them. More teens today read over the internet rather than have any physical interaction with a book. Reading is an important 21st century skill because it is necessary to be able to communicate, learn mistakes of the past, and participate in the civic government.

In today’s world we all communicate and interact. In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, communication is not a big thing. Hardly anyone does it, which makes any interaction witnessed in the book seem very odd and peculiar. Exchanging ideas in the 21st century

Without history and civics, we probably would not even know what the civil war was. If we did not have history books, the only thing we would know about is what is going on in society today. In “The Country That Stopped Reading” written by David Toscana of The New York Times, the author mentions how his daughter’s literature teacher banned fiction from her classroom and replaced it with history and biology textbooks. Of course it is a privilege to know about these things, but reading fiction takes the reader to a completely different realm. By being so intrigued by the contents of the book, the reader is taken to a whole different state that is so euphoric. Being uninterested in a book, like most students reading about history would be, does not bring the same feeling. Learning from family is also another great thing. By doing this and getting advice from our parents and grandparents, we know not to make mistakes that they did. If we did not know about things that happened in the past, history could easily repeat

Being able to vote is such an amazing skill to have, however; we would not know how to vote if we did not read. In “Reading Literature Makes Us Smarter and Nicer” written by Annie Murphy Paul of Time.com, the author mentions that by reading, we as a society grow into smarter and nicer people. By reading we become smarter, and as we continue to grow intelligently we develop more skills we are able to use in the real world. Most people would much rather know why than how. Instead of being told how to do something, knowing why gives us more of an understanding on how to do something. Knowing how to vote is great, but knowing why we should vote and why voting helps us as a society in general is even greater. As well as voting, getting a driver’s license helps us out very much in the real