Reading Literature Makes USarter And Nicer Summary

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In “Reading Literature Makes Us Smarter and Nicer”, Annie Murphy claims that reading literature makes people smarter and nicer. Specifically, she believes that people who empathize with the characters in the books will be able to empathize with real people hence making them nicer. I have mixed feelings about her argument reading does make you smarter, but nicer is up for debate. Murphy also talks about “Deep Reading” a vigorous exercise from the brain and increases our real-life capacity for empathy. Yes, reading could make you nicer if you’re reading “nice” books and empathize with those characters. What about the groups of people reading hateful, murderous and evil books do those make them nice? It’s debatable how one should feel after they