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    Why to Read Fiction Books

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    Fiction Books Reading fiction is fun and also necessary. It opens your mind to a new place where everything is different from your daily routine. Fiction books can actually make you feel like you already lived that situation‚ like you felt the good and the bad‚ the sorrow‚ the happiness‚ the people and places. It makes you fly away from your stressing routine and get into a magic world. An example of a series of fiction books is Harry Potter‚ written by J.K Rowling. It is a series of seven fantasy

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    People read newspapers such as Borneo Post‚ The Star‚ News Strait Times and Berita Harian. Newspaper gives us a lot of latest information about the issues around us either in or out the country. During break and lunch time‚ students and staff always take along with them a newspaper. Reading newspapers give a lot of information but only a few students read newspapers because students are not really interested with this kind of reference‚ as they know that they can surf news-online and they have no

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    Why Do We Read Literature

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    Why Do We Read Literature?   First‚ Literature Defined: * "The creation of literature is a uniquely human activity‚ born of man’s timeless desire to understand‚ express‚ and finally share experiences." * Literature is "a concrete artifact -- a story‚ a poem‚ or a play" * "The medium of translation‚ of course‚ is language‚ the written and spoken word." * "When we speak of literature‚ however‚ we have in mind a special kind of language that differs from the ordinary discourse with

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    In his book Why Teach?‚ Mark Edmundson has written an essay in which he approaches an argument about the paradoxical consumer culture surrounding education. The university professor takes a stance on the problems that he has both experienced in his own classroom and observed on campuses‚ and he assigns these problems—his claims—appropriate blames. Enough logic is used to make these “blames” more factual‚ and he often claims how things are and offers several reasons as to why. His essay‚ “Liberal

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    1. Chemistry a. All of our bodies are composed of organic and inorganic matter b. All atomic processes in living things involve either synthesis or breaking down of complex compounds which are purely                       chemical phenomena. c. All living organisms involve flow of energy‚ transformation of energy‚ from organic compounds like carbohydrates‚ proteins‚ fats‚ etc. d. Genetic materials DNA/RNA are formed by chemical compounds. e. Enzymes‚ hormones and other fluids are mainly chemical

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    Why students don’t read newspaper? Now days most of students don’t read newspaper for some reasons. Students don’t care about the news and they are lazy‚ some of them say that I don’t like to read because I always read and study‚ and some of them say that no need to read newspaper because the devolving of technology. In this essay I would like to talk about this point and the reasons of why students don’t read newspaper. The reasons that I want to talk about it is the internet People can use

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    Rex Murphy’s “To Read or Not to Read” is a literary criticism on the works “How to Read and Why” written by Harold Bloom. Murphy explains his views on the importance of reading and asks the question “Why do we read?” His response to this question‚ he states “Plainly‚ we read because while it is not necessary to life that we do‚ life is much easier‚ more accessible‚ wider in its potential for those who can and do read‚ than for those who cannot and do not”. This essentially means that although reading

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    why should we read books

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    Why People Should Read Books It is a disappointment that people read books less often in these days of widespread technological reliance. Books were the primary source of intellectual entertainment just a hundred years ago‚ but with the invention of radio‚ television‚ cinematography‚ and the Internet and computer games‚ it seems that reading books is no longer a popular leisure activity. However‚ I believe that books are an irreplaceable part of our lives‚ and the role that masterfully-written books

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    anywhere that you go in America or even the world‚ the people have heard of William Shakespeare. His name is probably one of the most common ones in our society today‚ and has been since his time. But has anyone ever raised the question why? Why do we‚ as a society‚ read William Shakespeare’s plays? The answer is a simple one and that is to have a common knowledge in our societies. So many diverse groups of people can be brought together with Shakespeare’s plays‚ for discussions‚ arguments

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    spend less time reading‚ so the purpose for this essay is to present reasons why people should read just for pleasure.  The reasons that I give you are quite simple: to improve your knowledge‚ to expand your general culture‚ to have more fun‚ to make your imagination fly‚ to find new ways to express your ideas‚ and finally to expand your vocabulary. The first reason that I give you to enjoy reading is that when you read‚ you can expand your knowledge and also your culture. There are a lot of good

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