What Is A Book?
A book is paper object that contains words, characters, stories, or whatever the author of the book wants. However its not the books itself that matters, its what is inside the book that does. Some people think they are better since they still read from paper or hardcover books, while everyone else is reading from their electronics. These people are full of themselves, without the writing, a book is just a worthless collection of blank papers. You don't judge a book by what form it takes, you judge it by the material it contains.
I agree with the opinion of Joe Meno and Victor LaValle, mostly with LaValle's opinion. Joe Mono talks about how a book is an idea and how it does not matter what form the "book" takes. While I see what he talks about, I don't label the idea of a book a book. I think the material written inside the book and the book itself are two separate things.
I agree with Victor La Valle's opinion a lot more than I do with Joe Meno's. Victor believes that books are nothing more than mass produced objects, and anyone who values them as some sort lost object is wasting their time. What matters really is the idea the author puts inside the book, not the paper object itself. The same thing could be said with other ways of reading like on your computer, or i-pad.
The two opinions I do not agree with at all are Nancy Jo Sale's and Tom Piazza opinions. Nancy claims her life would not have been the same if she read on a i-pad or tablet. It does not matter how you read the writing, if she were to read it on a I-pad so many years ago, she would have valued the writing just as much as she does today.
That is what I believe a book is.
I agree with the opinion of Joe Meno and Victor LaValle, mostly with LaValle's opinion. Joe Mono talks about how a book is an idea and how it does not matter what form the "book" takes. While I see what he talks about, I don't label the idea of a book a book. I think the material written inside the book and the book itself are two separate things.
I agree with Victor La Valle's opinion a lot more than I do with Joe Meno's. Victor believes that books are nothing more than mass produced objects, and anyone who values them as some sort lost object is wasting their time. What matters really is the idea the author puts inside the book, not the paper object itself. The same thing could be said with other ways of reading like on your computer, or i-pad.
The two opinions I do not agree with at all are Nancy Jo Sale's and Tom Piazza opinions. Nancy claims her life would not have been the same if she read on a i-pad or tablet. It does not matter how you read the writing, if she were to read it on a I-pad so many years ago, she would have valued the writing just as much as she does today.
That is what I believe a book is.
