Can books really teach you?

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In fact the answer is very simple. Books are effective tools to learn but it is you who have to learn. We pick up selected books. Why? Because they are according to our taste. For academics, we have numerous people printing books on the same syllabus, but why don't we go shopping all of them? Because they are not useful. In limits, (limited books on the same subject or comprehensive) anything is capable of giving you knowledge.

 Books, events, people, etc all teach us. In fact, life is a teaching itself. Why do we enjoy one book more than the other? It is because there is a connectivity that develops between you and the story teller or writer. It is the expression of your mind which coincides with that of the reader, making you love the novel. It is beyond your expectation, as you flip the pages of the book.

 You sigh, thinking that how your thoughts, perhaps, your mystery mind has been expressed so well. You cannot imagine the similarity of thoughts of the author and yourself. We must know that the author has produced it from his mind and you read it from yours. It is the mind after all. How can it not be that there won't be similarities? It is matter after all.

 So, it is not the author who has written the book, but it is your interpretation which you label it to the author. Book has nothing until you know the language it is written in. You enjoyed that murder mystery book now! Why? Because, your story telling, wild mind has the capacity to think that far. In its subtle platform, it does know about the plot. It brings about thrill, engaging you to read the book further. At last you finished it.

 You know the story in and out. Because it is you! Your imagination has been penned down. Think, deeper and you'll get what I say.

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