Which book have you read, that has trully impacted your life, and how did you cope with it later?
2006-08-11 07:23:57 · 8 answers · asked by Juwist 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
As a young impressionable reader, I learned to treat animals well after reading Black Beauty. Bambi influenced me towards conservation of nature. Little Women taught me to be independent and keep trying against adversity. That's just a start on all the books that influenced me over the years. Reading is a very powerful way of expanding your thinking.
2006-08-11 13:50:44 · answer #1 · answered by Ginger/Virginia 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. Not only did the book help confirm and maybe slightly reshape some of my convictions re: entertainment and laziness of the general population of the world, but it showed me how editing can be an enemy just as much as it can be a friend. Wallace obviously had an editor for this novel, but most editors today would have stripped tons of the information out of the book as "unneccesary". Perhaps it was unneccessary, but the enhancements it provides the book are stupendous. Sorry for the rambling nature of this answer.
2006-08-11 14:30:09 · answer #2 · answered by Timmy G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The five people you meet in heaven was the most astounding work that I've read and watched. (the author wrote it into a movie as well) It tells that all stories are connected and that even if you think your life is insignificant, it turns out that you have touched hundreds of people and not even realized it. I literally balled when i first read and watched it, but after that, it gave me a sense of hope for the future and a new outlook on life and death unlike i had ever thought possible. After that, it inspired me to finish my novel with a higher sense of moral and purpose so that i could touch others in a way that the main character in the book did, even though he never left his job as a maintenance worker.
2006-08-11 14:31:35 · answer #3 · answered by Christina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
King Fortis the Brave. It helped me finish college because I knew that once I had my teaching certificate I would want to use it in the classroom. Now I use it to help inspire the love of reading in my students.
2006-08-11 20:41:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A confederacy of dunces by John kennedy toole--I read it whenever life gets me down. Ignatius (the main character) is my hero. He maintains his sanity through his integrity (or vice versa) and makes me laugh and laugh and laugh.
2006-08-11 14:38:52 · answer #5 · answered by Alobar 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Camp of the saints by Jean Raspail....about "the browning of the world"... pretty intense.
2006-08-11 16:14:17 · answer #6 · answered by اري 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There have been so many, it's hard to know where to start.
I've actually just finished "Cloud of Sparrows" Takashi Matsuoka.
It is brilliant. Still letting it all sink in....
2006-08-11 14:29:11 · answer #7 · answered by Colin A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Murder On The Rails it changes hoe i look at people for how innocent or harmful they can really be
2006-08-12 21:54:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋