Another summer another vacation, kids must be flocking at libraries to get the taste of their favorite book. And I have always seen people recommending one book for kids to read (Yes, even I have advised a few) ‘The Alchemist’ by Paulo. I am sure by now people reading my blog, know the fact that I read Paulo. :) . But look at the success that book has got? A heroic status to Paulo. Same goes with Ayn Rand for her Fountainhead.
She wrote that book in 1949 and it’s still most acclaimed. Why do such books live so longer? I feel the fact that they deal with an emotion which will never change. The desire to follow the dream, to achieve and to lay a new path and to become what you always wanted to be. Other emotions change over generation and differ with people. Love for me may be eternal and for someone else I might sound totally stupid. But I feel the urge of following one’s dream, making something great of our own life remain same. it is true for all the time. Some might feel the protagonists of the books are heroes as they did what he/she failed to do in life. Where as others might get inspired and very few associate themselves with the characters. All in all either you relive your life or put yourself in that character and enjoy! So there is no end. Such books keep inspiring people generation over generation. And of course sales multiply. BTW, what you have to say on this?
1 comment:
hey, the whole second paragraph is very thoughtful, beautifully put together...
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