In school, we learn how to read, one of the greatest and most difficult human skills.Every one of us has come across such a thing: read the book assigned by the teacher.
I don‘t want to read Moby Dick. I don’t like it. I think I won.But actually, I lost. My efforts to keep a distance from Moby Dick cost me a lot, and I lost what I should have gained from reading the famous ter, I consciously returned to Moby Dick. I loved it, and every time I read it, I found a new kind of fun.What is famous? Famous is such a book, even if only for a moment, it will make you feel a part of the meaning of life.A famous book is a book that can stand the test of time. It is a book that millions of readers in the world have read for many years to get special enlightenment from it.Not many books can stand this test. If you count all the works published since the first stone tools were made with chisels, only a very small part of them - less than one thousandth of the total number, only a few thousand.
Of these books, less than a hundred are its solid core.Why should you read famous books and learn to appreciate them?I put forward three good reasons: first, famous to broaden your horizons.Second, fame helps you grow.Third, famous books help you understand life and yourself.The last point is very important. Famous books can give you insight into your inner world, which is not available from other places. To be sure, you can almost enjoy yourself in many books; but once you read a famous book, it will take you to a higher level.I often hear people say, “famous names are too difficult to understand.
I can‘t get into them.”Let me give you some ideas to help you open up this wonderful world. Take a famous book you often say you want to read and read it according to the following suggestions!Know what you’re reading. Is it a novel, a play, a biography or history? To know this, look up the table of contents, read the cover and preface, or look up the title or author in the reader‘s Encyclopedia.Don’t lie in bed and read. I admit that classics can be difficult to read, so you have to be mentally active and have sharp organs. If you read in bed and you want to sleep, then when you start to doze off, you complain about the book.Don‘t be influenced by so many characters.
Dostoevsky throws out 50 main characters in his book “the brothers of karmazov”. Tolstoy used 22 long and complicated names in the first chapter of war and peace. It makes your head swell. At this time, do not rush forward, insist on reading. Gradually, the characters become clear. You’ll feel like you‘re with them like you’re with your old friends. You remember that many of your friends were strangers before they met.Give the author a chance not to say “I can‘t understand” prematurely, but to insist on reading. Sometimes it may be that you are not fully prepared for the book you want to read. I chewed Plato’s Republic three times before I understood it. If you read it carefully, but you really can‘t understand it, put it aside for a day or a year and read another book first.Don’t nibble at it. The longer the sentence you read, the more you can get into the rhythm and emotion of the book, and the more fun you get from it.For example, Shakespeare carefully read the translated version of North‘s biographies of Plutarch in order to write ulyscaesar, Anthony and Cleopatra, and a midsummer night’s dream.Any writer is the product of his time. Understanding the history of the time, the problems faced by writers and others, and their attitudes will help you understand the writer‘s point of view. The writer’s views are inconsistent. It doesn‘t matter, at least he makes you think!Reading books about the author’s life, the more detailed you know about the writer‘s personal experience, the more you understand why he wrote his works, and you will begin to understand the autobiographical tidbits hidden in the author’s works.
It is impossible for a writer not to expose himself. Most of our guesses about Shakespeare are based on clues from his plays.Reread it. All the famous books can stand repeated reading. After reading a book, if you are interested and don‘t fully understand it, reread it immediately. You’ll find more.If you read a famous book a few years ago and like it, read it again. There are so many new things in the book to tell you that you can‘t believe it’s the same book.Don‘t just dip your toes in the deep water of the famous pool. Jump in. Like the intelligent human beings of previous generations.
You feel inspired in your soul by the thoughts and insights of the most talented writers in history.
