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| Thinking Aloud in the Book Shop |
When I was a kid and read
about scientists as Albert Einstein, Newton, Madame Curie, etc, I felt that
their stories encouraged me to interest in books, envy their ambitions, love of
knowledge, etc. I did not realized at that time that these were kind of
biographies.
When I became interested in
books and could read novels, I thought that the kind of biographies were for
adults and scholars. But later I wanted to know about the biography of writers
when I read their novels. My grandmother showed us how to find about them in
the Encyclopedias. I admitted that I became more interested in writers and admired
them by reading about their biographies. The biography told the history of
their era.
So, for book lover, reading
alone the novel was not enough. I came to
realize that their biography influenced on their novels. Then I could grasp
their writing style too. When I was interested in poems, I also loved to read
about the poets. When I read books, I searched about the author too. It was fun
and interesting for me.
Soliloquy in the
Book Shop
When I was at the book shop,
I stood before the corner of biographies and gazed what books were there. I
rarely see the biographies of writers and poets. But I saw some biographies of
famous people and political leaders. I was thinking that these were exciting
books as novels? I had no reason to read about them. (I thought how boring the
biographies of political leaders! I did not like politicians. They only cared
for their ambition. So, I did not want to read about them.)
But I was thinking about the
book ‘Desiree’ that I had read a month ago. I told myself that it was also included
the part of the biography of Napoleon, isn’t it? After reading ‘Desiree’, I
knew a little about the French history, French Revolution, etc. Although I did
not like Napoleon, I was interested in reading about the character of Napoleon.
I remembered that I never felt boring during my reading. So, it meant that I
could read the true biography of Napoleon? I could also read about Hitler? I
could understand Mao although I was not interested in it? Now I found the
biography of Steve Jobs, is this book interesting too?
Beyond Biographies
Not alone in the biographies
of the writers, we also can get interesting information from the biographies of
the famous people or political leaders. It told us message of our history.
Moreover we came to realize their deed and their movement in history. The
biography gave us knowledge. If we loved to read the novel, we would surely
appreciate the biography too. As the saying ‘Truth is stranger than fiction’,
the biography of famous people or political leaders had amazing episodes.
I had the same feeling as
when I read about writers as when I read about political leaders, dictators or
famous people around the world. I came to realize that they were the people
like us, felt like us, struggled like us. They had no supernatural power and they
were like everybody else. But they have ambition, goal and aim. They were
head-strong, stubborn and determined. It was different from other people. Although
they were dictators and they had bad names in history, their deeds and their decisions
were very meaningful. Although we hate them, we had to admire their deed and
their action. If we admired the person, we had to read about the biography of
him or her to know about their ambition, their struggle, their honesty or their
sincerity. We can take lessons from the biography too.
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