When I read these lines some years ago, it was for me the naicest and accurate definition about reading could make in people´s mind but the idea which best stired up my attention was this about reading could make you become a rebel.
Pero leer puede volverlo a uno algo rebelde, e infundirle la idea de que es posible apartarse del camino que le habían trazado otros, escoger la propia ruta, su propia manera de decir, tener derecho a tomar las decisiones y participar en un devenir compartido, en vez de siempre remitirse a los demás. Estar familiarizado con los juegos del lenguaje permite estar menos desprotegido ante cualquier charlatán que pase por ahí y proponga curarle a uno las heridas con un retórica simplista.
Does this definition have some relationship with identity?
You are answering your own question in the beginning.
ReplyDeleteMillions of traps and chatterboxes, everywhere. Yes, you've found a nice definition.
ReplyDelete...and if reading provides you the energy for making decisions and taking part in a shared future, you are shaping something inside you that could be related with your identity. But this is only a thin layer. It's necessary to go beyond.
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