Thursday, January 27, 2011

If I can take only one book to an island for one month,

The only book I ever loved would be “Warriors,” therefore I would bring that book to the island. I did know the authors name but since it’s been so long, I forgot it, it was a woman who wrote the book. I received that book when I was in 6th grade from my French and science teacher as a gift, everyone in my class was allowed to select a book from a box and faith brought that book to me. The book is a compilation of mythical stories from the samurai period in Japan to robots in the future.
I developed in this interest in this book when my father brought us to Qing Yuan, China. Before leaving, I thought to myself that sitting on the plane for hours would be boring, thus I brought the book. I turned to the first page and began reading, right at that was the moment where the image of the samurai wielding a sword appeared in my head, the feeling of it was actually like watching television in my mind. I was occupied that it was the one and only time I couldn’t stop reading, after that no other book that I’ve read was that addicting.
Since it’s been so long that I’ve read this book, I wouldn’t mind reading it again. It would be like watching a movie the second, unlocking events that I didn’t previously catch. Personally I dislike reading an entire book based on one story itself, to me that is just boring and time consuming, if it is an interesting story I might say otherwise, but in the mean time, I prefer reading compilations of short, humorous, adventurous stories.
If the island is an unpopulated island similar to that in the movie, “castaway,” I would first do the following, find shelter, find locations of fruits and collect some, and basically preparing everything that I need to in order to survive. After everything is gathered, a fresh supply of water and food, and have nothing else to do. I would take this time reading instead of going insane. Because the book is the only thing that might keep me occupied when everything is done, it would have more value to me than just a book.
Therefore, I will waste time and save the reading until a few days before actually leaving the island. I would learn the terrain first, keep myself occupied with something, then and only then when everything is out of option, I will read. People tend to lose their minds when they run out of options and stranded with nothing to do. When the mind is focused for example on the book, it would remain under control and not wonder off to complete oblivion.
Books are not only for studying they are for entertainment, kids nowadays don’t read as much as they used to. The advancement of computers and technology has brought the book reading era to the middle ages, people argue that kids are reading more because of the internet and computers, but things on the computer than things on the book are completely different things. If I can’t bring computers to the island I would of course select a book, plus brining a computer will do no good if there is no internet connection. Once the month is up, and I’ve survived everything and have not completely lost my mind I would argue that the book saved my life. There is absolutely no point in bringing a book that you are not interested in, therefore my suggestion is to bring something that you will like, and will read for the second time and not get tired of.

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