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        In my opinion, a non-fiction book has to be mostly true. I am fine if the writer doesn't tell the whole truth, just a white lie. An example of that would be saying if the author had one dog and his neighbor had another. Instead of talking about the neighbor and his dog, why not just say you have two dogs or just leave that dog out of the situation. I don't think that it's okay that Frey and Mortenson bent the truth to tell their stories. They should have been honest and say that some of the events in the book were exaggerated or made up. Plus, why do they want them to memoirs so badly? It would make life easier for them if they just made it a regular book instead then they wouldn't have any crap about lying. I think that David Shields is both right and wrong. Right because we shouldn't have to label something, a book is a book and some people may enjoy it and some people may not. Wrong because, in my opinion, the only reason we have genres is so that people know where to look when they want a specific book at the book store. So overall, i think that David is more right then wrong.

Readicide

       

Reading is an amazing thing to do. By why do a lot of kids hate it? It's because schools kill the joy of reading. Reading is supposed to be a place where you can escape life to the wonders of a magical world where you can relate to the characters and go on wild adventures. But how can you do that when a teacher is making you read it, having you answer ten billion questions about each and every chapter, and then taking a long, boring test on it? There's no joy in that! Kids want to have a choice on what they read, not read something they have to. Then they will just go into the book thinking it will be horrible without even giving it a chance. I think that we should add more genre fiction to the curriculum. I have a sister who hates reading; she doesn't even give books a chance! And I think that partly the reason for that is because of the reading that we do in school. Teachers act like the only books that teach lessons and show the struggles in life are literary fictions. I disagree; I think that in genre fiction books, you learn more. You learn about friendship, life, problems, magic, creatures, humor, and so much more. Don't get me wrong, there are some literary books have those also, but sometimes they can just get boring and kids like action and crazy weird things that happen. So, why should we want kids to read books anyway? Pretty much like I said before, they teach us life lessons and let us escape to somewhere where we can dream and imagine. Books can help us when we get older and have to make a choice, or when we get a job we can use our past knowledge from books to help us know what to do. I will always enjoy reading and will never let the ideas that schools have about it kill my point of view and what I like.

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