Memoirs

When people become old, they begin to reconsider their life and analyze their actions and deeds. Usually the result of these thoughts and reminiscences is writing memoirs. Memoirs of famous people are published and very quickly gain great popularity. They become very popular because they are a wonderful opportunity to learn unknown facts from history and life of a person, who writes them. We live and try to understand the world around us; we try to explain the events, which happen in social sphere, politics and economy. However, despite all democratic achievements, we still feel lack of information and understand that many facts of behind-the-scenes policy are hidden form public. However, we learn these facts with the lapse of time, when the main participants of political games become old and kind and they have no reasons any more to hide their secrets.
Memoirs are very a good material for learning history. It is much easier to remember the plot of an essay, that a dull and bare paragraph from a history textbook. People, who write memoirs, are living history and their life stories are very valuable for coming generations. By means of these life stories we learn the past and at the same time learn to build our future. When you read them you plunge into this atmosphere and experience all events described there as if you are a participant of those events. If like reading, don’t forget to read memoirs. Remember, that once you will be old and maybe you will write memoirs yourself. That is why read them and learn to write them yourself.

Reading and life

I am sure there are many people, for whom it is interesting to read articles about reading. I think that reading and everything connected with it is still attractive for many people, not only elderly and middle-aged ones, but also for youngsters. Articles about reading consist not only in discussing different books, novels, stories, etc. They also consider reading as an occupation, a hobby, position of reading in our modern world of new technologies and innovations. Reading is one of the oldest occupations of the world. Different people have different views on the question about reading. While some think that it is obsolete, others argue that it is still popular nowadays and will be in future. Elderly people and some middle-aged ones still think that a person can’t do without reading. I wonder if representatives of young generation support this point of view or they disagree and think that reading is an old-fashioned and out-of-date business. If younger people read my articles, than things are not so bad as some people think. Influence of reading on people is magnificent. Unfortunately, this fact is underestimated by many people. However, its impact is comparable to other types of entertainment and in some cases it even exceeds them. The problem of free time is topical today and it often amends people’s occupations on weekends. People who are fond of reading are likely to spend all their free time with an interesting book. Others are likely to prefer some other leisure activities. Generalized psychological portrait of a person, who constantly reads something is a very interesting issue. Are they bores or this is simply a stereotype? It depends on a person and the reasons why he/she has become an active reader. Don’t confuse active readers with bookworms.

Favorite books

Many people have their favorite books. However, the amount of people, who have read at least one book in their life, decreases exponentially. Many people don’t like to read at all. This mostly refers to younger generations and children. There are also many people, who have read one book. For them it is not a difficult task to determine which book is their favorite one. I think you guess why. Fortunately, there are also people, who still read a lot, though this occupation is not very popular nowadays. I read a lot too. Once I thought what book was my favorite one and couldn’t choose, as there were many of them. Later on I left this useless business and now I don’t try to single out a book to my favorite one.
I don’t understand people, who have chosen one book to be their favorite one. There are so many interesting, exciting, amusing and wonderful books in the world! Is it really possible to single out one of them? I think that this is impossible. Besides, all interesting books differ from each other so much, that it is impossible to compare them. For example, how can one compare a historical novel and science fiction and determine which novel is the best one. This is strange and I think that those readers, who do have their favorite book, limit themselves consciously. They are obsessed with one book and it is very bad. It refers also to other spheres of life. It is harmful for any person to be obsessed with one thing and overlook the world around you.

Magazines

Many people, especially middle-aged and elderly ones still think that only by means of reading a person can develop his/her mind comprehensively. They don’t define completely what they mean by reading. I think that they mean not simply reading as a process, but certain staff for reading, such as novels, poems and stories. They are sure that classic literature has the most powerful educative impact on the young generation. However, youngsters are reluctant to read this sort of literature. They find it boring and incomprehensive. The matter is that nowadays young people have ideals and life goals which differentiate greatly from those of that novels and stories. Maybe twenty years ago, representatives of young generation of that time understood the ideas, hidden in classics, but at present young people don’t even understand the message of this or that story or a novel. That is why they mostly hate literature lessons at school. Once people thought that ideas and ideals laid in these masterpieces of world literature were eternal and would last forever. They were mistaken, as we can judge now by the present-day situation. Life shows that nothing is eternal. Young people are still fond of reading, but they read mostly youth magazines and something from the Internet. They read only those articles and stories, which correspond to their inner world and bring them pleasure and amusement. As for me, I don’t like the most of magazines and journals, published for young people. Life is too short to spend your time for reading something unnecessary and useless.