I definitely think reading for fun vs reading for school has something to do with the free will involved. People, especially when children, do not like doing what they are told to do. We like choices. For the classes I had that gave me a few choices of what to read, I actually enjoyed the books more than I did the books that the teacher picked out for us.
I also believe it may have something to do with maturity level and interests at a younger age. Some of the books we read, although very important, were not of much interest to us simply because we would rather read about dragons and wizards than Orwell, for example.
I just finished reading To Kill a Mockingbird and it got me thinking of my old high school days (all of three years ago).
I was remembering reading To Kill a Mockingbird my sophomore year as a class. I remember laughing at the obvious funny parts in the story but I didn’t really read the book. I read it just enough to write a paper but I didn’t really get into the novel.
I found that this time round with To Kill a Mockingbird, I actually read it… and thoroughly enjoyed it. It made me sad that I could have read this five years ago and felt the way I do now.
Then I got to thinking, this isn’t the first time this sort of thing has happened.
I ‘read’ Pride and Prejudice my senior year– I didn’t get past the first page. I just wasn’t interested in even…
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Thanks for reblogging, you make some excellent points!
No problem! I’m hoping to get around to making some more book reviews of my own. I have a lot of books I’ve been reading lately with a lot more waiting to be read on my bookshelf!
I’m looking forward to your reviews!