A fond interest of mine that has blossomed over the past few
years is English Literature; everything about the topic triggers an inquisitive
side of me and raises hundreds of questions in regards to analysing an extract
of text due to the purposes of specific words that are at the reader’s mercy to
be interpreted in however they wish.
It was an English
teacher of mine that sparked an interest in the subject as she lent me books
that she imagined to be personalised to my taste, at the time I was
considerably careless in terms of what I read due to me being a ‘newbie’ to Eng
Lang so I read books like ‘Starter For 10’ and ‘One Day’ both by David Nicholls
(both amazingly written books for the lovers of a good romance novel).
This
genre of book intrigued me and lead me to venture out into other genres that
possessed a little more depth in terms of how I was able to interoperate
obscure hidden meanings behind phrases that as first glance look incredibly
meaningless and this genre is ‘horror’ not just the fiction stuff but the
non-fiction reads that are analytical pieces in themselves like books that
discuss real life cold case murder stories.
This may seem considerably dark and
somewhat morbid but the ability to unravel hidden intentional meanings created
by the author through the use of metaphors allow the reader to feel like they’re
reading a completely different book from what’s just on the page, the phrase
‘read between the lines’ most certainly applies here when an English Literature
enthusiast like myself is reading any kind of text.
Since finding my calling in terms of reading genres I've persuaded myself to take on popular reads like ‘The Fault In Our Stars’, this
book really did prove to be a compelling piece that I finished in just under 2
days last summer because of the intricate storyline that had a continuous theme
of ‘star crossed lovers’, and the constant questions with regards to the status
of the relationship between Hazel Grace and Augustus Waters that incorporates
unconventional real life scenarios like complications cancer can have on a
young and blossoming relationship.
This is a totally real situation and why
it’s appealing to me as I don't enjoy reading unrealistic love stories that are
completely unrelatable to as I believe it’s important to be able to make a
connection with the plot in order to enjoy it thoroughly and be able to make
complex connections that only fuel the addiction to reading books.
The most current reads of mine have been the hunger games
trilogy, I have to admit I watched Hunger Games and wasn't compelled to read
the book but after I watched Catching Fire the relationships between characters
had deepened and grown to be more than simplistic storylines, as created in the
first film as a movie is far too short to be able to create links to the
characters, hence why it was the second film that intrigued me to read the
books as it was from this point that I was able to make subtle connections from
the second film that at times referenced the first film and extended the
suggested ideas causing the tension and anticipation to build.
As a result of
this I've read all 3 books and now can't wait for Mockingjay part 1 and 2 as
the relationships turn into something deeper than traditional storyline characters
because Mocking Jay isn't just a continuation of Catching Fire but it involves
both books and this is a refreshing twist in terms of a book series as whilst
reading it the reader has to make conscious connections throughout all of the
previous books to leave aspects of the story to be decided by the reader but it
all ties in together in the end despite personally thinking it ended abruptly
it is an amazing read never the less.
(I
just have to mention that I've heard about a prequel to the book series and if
this is true I have to say I cannot wait to see in what fashion she writes the
book as obviously this doesn't necessarily mean the original cast will be
written in but I can't help but think how she will maintain such strong
connections she’s so strategically and intricately created!)
To conclude my love of books influenced the qualifications I
took during secondary education as I completed a Literature course and my experience
with this compelled me to continue the same subject in 6th form at a
Grammar school that I’m due to start this September so I’ve been reading as
much material as I can in anticipation for the start of the course!
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