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A?recent?study?reveals?that?people?especially?young?people?are?reading?far?less?literature—novels,?plays,?and?poems—than?they?used?to.?This?is?troubling?because?the?trend?has?unfortunate?effects?for?the?reading?public,?for?culture?in?general,?and?for?the?future?of?literature?itself.While?there?has?been?a?decline?in?book?reading?generally,?the?decline?has?been?especially?sharp?for?literature.?This?is?unfortunate?because?nothing?else?provides?the?intellectual?stimulation?that?literature?does.?Literature?encourages?us?to?exercise?our?imaginations,?empathize?with?others,?and?expand?our?understanding?of?language.?So?by?reading?less?literature,?the?reading?public?is?missing?out?on?important?benefits.Unfortunately,?missing?out?on?the?benefits?of?literature?is?not?the?only?problem.?What?are?people?reading?instead??Consider?the?prevalence?of?self-help?books?on?lists?of?best?sellers.?These?are?usually?superficial?poorly?written,?and?intellectually?undemanding.?Additionally,?instead?of?sitting?down?with?a?challenging?novel,?many?persons?are?now?more?likely?to?turn?on?the?television,?watch?a?music?video,?or?read?a?Web?page.?Clearly,?diverting?time?previously?spent?in?reading?literature?to?trivial?forms?of?entertainment?has?lowered?the?level?of?culture?in?general.The?trend?of?reading?less?literature?is?all?the?more?regrettable?because?it?is?taking?place?during?a?period?when?good?literature?is?being?written.?There?are?many?talented?writers?today,?but?they?lack?an?audience.?This?fact?is?bound?to?lead?publishers?to?invest?less?in?literature?and?so?support?fewer?serious?writers.?Thus,?the?writing?as?well?as?the?reading?of?literature?is?likely?to?decline?because?of?the?poor?standards?of?today's?readers.

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It?is?often?said?that?people?are?reading?less?literature?today?than?they?used?to.?What?should?of?this??Well?first,?a?book?doesn't?have?to?be?literature?to?be?intellectually?stimulating.?Science?writing?history,.?political?analysis?and?so?forth?aren't?literature?perhaps,?but?they?are?often?of?high?quality?and?these?kinds?of?books?can?be?just?as?creative?and?well-written?as?a?novel?or?a?play?They?can?stimulate?the?imagination.?So?don't?assume?that?someone?who?isn't?reading?literature?isn’t?reading?a?good?book.But?let's?say?that?people?aren't?just?spending?less?time?with?literature,?they?are?also?spending?less?time?with?books?in?general.?Does?that?mean?that?the?cultures?is?in?decline??No,?there's?plenty?of?culturally?valuable?material?that?isn't?written?-?music?and?movies,?for?example.?Are?people?wasting?their?time?when?they?listen?to?a?brilliant?song?or?watch?a?good?movie??Do?these?non-literary?activities?lower?cultural?standards??Of?course?not.?Culture?has?changed.?In?today's?culture,?there?are?many?forms?of?expression?available?other?than?novels?and?poems.?And?some?of?these?creative?forms?speak?more?directly?to?contemporary?concerns?than?literature?does.Finally,?it's?probably?true?that?there's?less?support?for?literature?today?than?in?earlier?generations.?But?don't?be?too?quick?to?blame?the?readers.?Sometimes?it's?the?author's?faults.?Let's?be?honest.?A?lot?of?modern?literature?is?intended?to?be?difficult?to?understand.?Here?is?not?much?reason?to?suppose?that?earlier?generations?of?readers?would?have?read?a?lot?of?today's?literature?either.

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Nowadays,?diving?figures?of?literature?readership,?especially?the?number?of?the?youth,?means?that?less?and?less?people?could?enjoy?and?benefit?from?the?dazzling?and?edifying?novels,?plays?and?poems?that?inspire?our?imaginations,?sympathies?and?are?wholesome?to?our?language?proficiency.?They?are?bumped?out?by?the?dry?and?insipid?screen?entertaining?programs?as?well?as?supercilious?and?moon-shiny?self-help?books?those?days.?In?addition,?ripple?effect?of?it?is?on?the?way,?forming?a?vicious?cycle,?looming?the?future?of?both?the?literature?and?readers.?However,?where?there?is?an?agreement,?there?is?a?disagreed?one.?Some?other?voices?think?that?literature?is?not?the?only?choice?of?making?people?think?in?a?more?imaginative?way.?Other?forms?of?work?with?high?quality?can?do?the?same?work,?namely,?science?piece,?political?articles?and?so?forth.?Besides?that,?non-literary?treasure?such?as?music?and?movies?could?also?have?a?uplifting?and?positive?effect?on?readers’?lives.?It’s?also?crucial?to?understand?that?authors?of?literature?need?to?take?part?of?the?responsibilities?because?most?of?current?works?from?them?are?not?worthy?of?reading?and?do?not?deserve?the?credit.

To?my?personal?perspective,?I?agree?with?both?sides?to?some?extent.?I?believe?nourishing?words?are?the?same?as?the?music,?sharing?by?every?individual?without?boundaries,?confining?by?no?genres.?That?means?any?works?of?the?authors?are?rewarding?as?long?as?they?can?apply?active?and?positive?influence?on?the?reader?and?be?the?light?that?guides.?For?example,?many?professional?and?instructive?materials,?such?as?the?Seven?Habits?of?Highly?Efficient?People?and?the?McKinsey?Working?Style,?are?not?literature,?but does not?stand?in?the?way?of?making?readers?benefit?from?them.?There?is?no?denying?that people now are?preoccupied?with?all?sizes?of?screen,?but?where?there?is?a?will,?there?is?a?way.?One?can?improve?oneself?no?matter?how?distracting?the?climate?is: determined?learner?could?pick?up?useful?knowledge?from?the?screen?rather?than?simply?kill?the?spare?time; a resolved?watcher?can?choose?to?take?online?class?in?lieu?of?watching?opera?soaps; a zealous?reader?could?have?a?inspiring?communication?with?old?illustrious?writers?any?time.?In?a?word,?the?genres?of?reading?materials,?forms?are?nothing?but?the?reader’s?own?decisions,?nothing?and?nobody?else?should play the scapegoat?here.?Because?all the bad side effects are?all?the results of external?choices,?not?the?internal?desires?and?decisions.?Therefore,?as?qualified?readers, we should?be?responsible?for?both?the?authors?and?ourselves. It is paramount and necessary to handpick?the?works?that?are?sound?for?our?souls?and?make?full?use?of?our?every?day?widgets,?namely,?the?phones,?PCs,?pads,?etc. We should make them?serve?us?instead?of?being?salves?of?them.