Bettering myself

Do you remember all those horrible long books our teachers made us read in grade school? We had to read 15 pages of a book that we'd rather watch to get on with our all important lives. Those silly books written by people who were already dead and didn't know what it was like to be our age in this time period. These weren't going to be used in the real world, so why were we made to read them?

Well I have decided to read them. And they are amazing! They relate to us in so many ways. I just read "Animal Farm" and couldn't put it down!

It's about deception and trickery. We may think that these animals are completely cut-throat, that we would never sink as low as these animals, but what is the difference between this and shaking our curves in the direction of the gentleman across the bar. The same gentleman with a band on his left ring finger, whose wife you know, and strongly dislike. Some ladies would seduce him to hurt this lady who you had a tiff with several years ago. While I'm sure this is something you wouldn't do, it does occur. These actions are no lower than a pig changing a farms commandments for his own benefit and convincing the other animals that they simply remember wrong.

I have now moved onto "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott. It is a classic more appropriately read as a teenager. However, I never got beyond the first 100 pages, at least without forcing myself. This story has a sister for everyone. It also does a great job of attending to it's audience. In the first chapter the narrator takes a moment to describe the four girls to us, speaking directly to us. Following this the four girls have a conversation in which they playfully label each other. This is definitely a book that I will give to my daughter for her to cherish. It shows that there are all kinds of "Little Women," that all grow up to be successful Women.