THE PLEASURE OF READING

THE PLEASURE OF READING

We get pleasure in various ways. Some find pleasure in eating delicious thing, in hearing sweet music, in seeing beautiful sights and inhaling the sweet smell of flowers. Reading an interesting account of anything is an intellectual pleasure, so also is the pleasure of learning the truth of science or witnessing a fine drama.

In reading, we can get pleasure in many ways. We may appreciate the language in which the ideas are expressed, the beauty of expression, or may be carried away by arrangement of the ideas; the logical sequence of though his themselves. Some books have all these combinations.

However, reading may be a mere indulgence if it is pursued to the detriment of our proper work. Then it is bad as any sensual pleasure. For instance, many waste their money and time in reading comics and thrillers. They are the penny dreadful. Hence even in the matter of reading, our tastes are essential.