One of the benefits of reading is that it expands your view on other books.

From reading different books in this course I've come to appreciate other types of books that i thought i never would give the time of day. Romance novels like Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon made me see the significance of other types of novels besides action ones. I still might not like the romance part of the novels but I can come to appreciate them and like other parts of the novels like the humor they offer and respecting why other people like the genre. Another book that was sorta out of my comfort zone was Me Earl And The Dying Girl. At first i thought a girl about getting cancer and dying would not be an enjoyable book at all but it turns out the book had a lot of humor in it and it was a really enjoyable book.

Another benefit of reading is that it increases your vocabulary.

Reading a wide variety of books increases your vocabulary immensely. Reading books like Ender Games and Divergent helped broaden my vocabulary which really helps out in life. Advanced vocabulary will benefit greatly in the future because it makes you seem educated to others, especially to peers. It will also help out in college and applying for jobs because the more sophisticated you sound the better chance of you getting into the college or job you are applying for.


Last benefit of reading is that it helps us learn.

 Reading in doesn't just teach us vocabulary but about people and the world around us. Books can teach us life lessons too and change how we view the world as a whole. For example, Divergent by Veronica Roth, taught me that society can not work out if it is split apart. Society's work because everyone trusts each other and work together to get things done but in Divergent the different fractions start to not trust each other and it just ends up having a massive war between the whole fractions and society as a whole. Another example of books teaching a new meaning to life is in Me and Earl and the Dying Girl when you have a new prospective on life when a girl who has cancer is the main focus of the book. You learn that even in a bad position like that life can still be enjoyable and honestly makes you enjoy life a lot more seeing how fortunate you are.