Almost everyone has had some form of bedtime stories that they can remember from when they were a child. In my case my mom read to me before I went to bed. I remember that she would always read this one particular book at night, it was called Goodnight Moon, and she would read this book to me all of the time. All I can remember about the book is that it was very repetitive and would go around the house saying goodnight to almost anything you can think of that would be around a normal house. Growing up I read a lot of book because there was not much else to do, partly due to the fact that my parents refused and still do to this day to get cable television. However when I got my first Playstation the reading came to a halt except for what I was required to read in school. Since then I haven’t been reading that often for fun but this summer I read Tolkien’s The Similarion and rather enjoyed it. Of course I’ve read my Bible which is without doubt the most significant literary text I have ever read.
To me literature matters in the fact that it can provides a nice thing to do when the power goes out and it provides information on new subjects. However it does not matter in the fact that I could care less about most fictional stories and would rather go play outside with my time. It is not that I hate reading and everything associated with it, it is just more so that I have other preferences. I guess you could say I am just like every other American who wants instant gratification by having it here and now. By saying this I mean that I would much rather watch a two hour movie and get the main story than read a book for a longer period of time and get every little detail.
