is there a book that??

Question

after you're done reading it, your views change on something?? from politics to love are there any books that have done that to you???

what book?



THANKS

what did it change ur views on (optional)???

Answer 1

Will Durant's "History of Civlization." It's several volumes, but worth the reading.

Answer 2

The Bible, for obvious reasons. If you haven' t read it yet (yes, I mean the whole thing), you really should. Probably the most referenced book in English literature. I recommend the New Jerusalem Bible, Regular Edition (my web page won't transmit - look at www jimpettis com - section: bible reviews).

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee - a history of American expansion from the Native American point of view. This is a *real* history, very well written (not dry like a text book), using *actual quotes* from people who *actually* lived through this. This should be required reading for all Americans.

I hope this helps.

Jim, http://www.life-after-harry-potter.com

Answer 3

The Bible. A lot of people will tell you what THEY THINK it means, and you'll get a lot of people using verses to argue their points, but when you actually READ IT, and see the context in which several verses are made, you get a totally different understanding of things. Everything from, "an eye for an eye...", to the REAL meaning behind the condemned prostitute becomes clearer once you read it.

Several of my viewpoints changed, because reading it made that much of a difference than just going by what someone told me it meant. QUICK TIP: Anyone who claims that God hates............. (you fill in the blank) isn't speaking for God, despite any credentials, or number of followers they may have!

Answer 4

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. It was shocking for the time it was written in. It gives a not so nice view of the possible future. Robert Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land makes you view humanity from a different perspective. You are reading from a Martian's pov and how he finds things strange that we humans take for granted. Also, Reviving Ophelia and Ophelia Speaks. I forget who they're by, but they're about teenage girls and eating disorders. They give a lot of insight into why girls hate themselves and have distorted self-images.

Answer 5

Yeah, Jean Paul Sartre's "Nausea." It made me wonder if he wasn't really right about the purposelessness of existence.
And also George Orwell's "1984." That book shocked me so much I couldn't believe it. It took weeks to recover, though I suspect I'm not completely over it. It got me thinking...to what extent can human manipulation reach and is something like "1984" possible? What is the direction that politics is taking?

Answer 6

"At Sundown the Tiger"-probably out of print. Some of Graham Green's novels. "Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin". The Bible. Some Shakespeare tragedies. "Theory of the Leisure Class" by Thorsten Veblen.

Answer 7

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Answer 8

Anna Karenina. I wasn't sure what my views were on adultery...I thought I condemned it, but when I read the book, I was sympathetic towards Anna. When I finished it, though, I thought that my original view was right. Adultery doesn't work out.

Answer 9

Shogun by James Clavell
It got me more interested in what I wanted to do and it is the first novel that I read on my own.Because of that book I traveled to Japan and decided that is where I want to live.

Answer 10

The Watchmen...as for what it changed, that's harder to put into words.