In old days, I think, it must have been easy to form the habit of reading. People stayed for months in the same house without stirring from it even for a night. The opportunities for reading were so many, and opportunities for doing other things were so few, that the habit of reading must almost have been forced upon them. The first thing necessary to the pleasure of reading is that when people are young they should acquire the habit of reading. This is becoming and more difficult. The motor ear is unfavourable to reading. People spend more time in moving about than they did, and they do so under conditions which, even for pople with good eyes, must make reading difficult, if not impossible. The cinematograph is another in the direction, and flying is becoming more and more common. All these things must make it more difficult for successive generations to acquire the habit of reading.
Questions :
(a) Why was it easy in Old days to form the habit of reading?
(b) Why is it becoming more and more difficult?
(c) What is the best way to form this habit?
Dear Student,
- In old days, people stayed in the same house for months without stirring from it, even for a night, as well as had little opportunities for doing other things than reading, which made it easy for them to form the habit of reading.
- Reading is becoming more difficult because people spend more time moving, in cinematography and in flying.
- The thing that is necessary for the pleasure of reading is inculcating the habit when people are young.