Topic > Reading Historical Fiction Takes You Places - 776

Simply by reading, you can take someone on many exciting adventures. For example, one adventure you can have is "[swimming] in the seas with the little mermaid" (reading requires 1). This is important, because the author is able to use descriptive details that allow the reader to feel/make them feel like they are with the character. Another adventure someone might go on is "participating in fancy balls with Cinderella" (reading requires 1). When an author shows these little details, it makes the story powerful, different, and unique. As I read The Fault in Our Stars, I felt like I was with Hazel Grace, throwing eggs at my blind friend's ex-girlfriend's car, having a great time. It took me there, because when the author vividly described the background, the character, and how they were doing it, the details were so descriptive and powerful that they actually had me there with them in the book. With very good reasons as to why we should read historical novels, it's not difficult to answer. Story “can increase our wisdom and intuition” (Ryan and Stromberg 1) by giving us something to read and also something to learn from. The reason historical fiction is great to read is because we are actually reading something that will not only give us more knowledge, but something that perhaps we can use later in life. Not only do we gain knowledge, but we are also able to “put ourselves in other people's shoes” (Ryan and Stromberg 2), which means being the character in the story. When you become one of the characters it's good because when they have a problem that can cause a resemblance to you to happen, you'll really know what to do. Although “textbooks have their place… [they] should not be confused with the living body,” (Ryan and Stromber… middle of paper… the harsh conditions, with the many difficulties for a single work Another Crispin book by Avi, I only know this because the author just says so, so the author only says the description of Aycliffe The proof is that when describing Aycliffe he said “face with black beard – hard eyes, sharp and frowning lips”, (Avi 3) this shows how Aycliffe looked from Crispin's description That without that description I might have seen Ayecliffe differently Finally from the same book Crispin by Avi they would say the setting, but I could infer, so this one he describes work by providing additional information: “Men, women and children were… during their legitimate work plowing, weeding, sowing, where they remained until sunset,” (Avi 23), this shows me the hard work they did From this I learned that there would probably be many fields where workers would be working.