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2) Do you agree or disagree with the followingstatement? People should read only those books that are about real events, real people, andestablished facts. Use specific reasons and details to support your opinion. Should people only read those books that areabout real events, real people and facts? There are two different opinions.Some people claim that we should only read books contain knowledge from thereal world and real people. Other people, however, argue that fantasies,fictions and other books of imaginations are also important treasures. As faras I am concerned, I agree with the later one. People opposed of imaginary books can easilyname some of the disadvantages of them. The main one is, they think thatimaginary books are groundless and have no solid implications for our life inthe real-world. These books about fantasies and fictions are nothing more thanentertaining stories. The comic books, for example, are made up of imaginationsand full of logical flaws. Some parents do not allow their kids to read comicbooks because they think that these books do little to teach the kid of logicalthinking and reasoning. Moreover, kids are especially susceptible to thesecomic books and other imaginary stories that they easily become addicted andwaste a lot time on it. On the other hand, if a child reads on books about thereal-world knowledge, he/she can apply what he/she has learned from the booksand possibly will get a better grade on school examination. Although imaginary books did not fit theappetite of pragmatism, I insist that these books are useful to free our imaginationand inspire our creativity. For the first consideration, imagination- animportant skill in children’s intelligence development and their future career—cannotbe freed and inspired from the plain facts and numbers. While the facts andknowledge provide the children about what have existed in the world, imaginary bookstells them things that cannot be perceived in the real practices. As Einsteinsaid, “Imagination is more important. Knowledge is limited. Imaginationencircles the world.” In my school life, I was very busy and also stressful in rememberingthe facts, equations, and other “knowledge” from the books in order to get ahigh grade in the exams. Reading on the other books except those had close relationshipwith what I was learning was prohibited by my parents and teachers. As Ientered the university, I found that I was flat-footed in adapting to the newlife. I can hardly provide any interesting and new ideas to the fellow studentsin neither classes nor daily lives. Moreover, these books can have a subtle butinfluential effect on creative thinking and productions. Star Trek, forexample, is one of the representative science fictions. It is full of imaginaryideas and devices that do not exist in the real world. But surprisingly, it didinspire some people to turn the imaginary things into reality. The engineer of Motorola whoconceived the first handheld mobile phone, lent the credit to Star Trek in which thecharacters used mobile Communicator. In today’s world, we’re surrounding by theinventions that do not exist before. If a man travelled from the past to thepresent, surely he would be surprised at all the new things we have had. Whileour mind tends to be frozen by the facts and real things, it is imaginary bookthat releases our imagination and creativity.
In conclusion, I strongly disagree with that peopleshould only read books about all the real things. A free and open mind inspiredby imaginary books is indispensible for imagination and creation.
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