Book War By: Wang Ping

This article states how the author grew up in China where the government dictates the lives of those who live in China. They are conroled on how to feel,think,act,and beliefs. Education is a privelage for mostly boys in China, while women stay home and cater. Wang tries to defeat the purpose of being uneducated having a passion for books. Wang and her next door neighbor start a chain of underground book swaps for them and many others. Wang then discovers her mothers treasure box of books, taking them wherever she pleased. Wangs mom then caught on to her daughters ways and demanded her Wang to dismember all the pages in every book she owned. Wang tried constantly to hide them but her mom caught her left and right. Wang then had no more books left and she felt in despair and crushed. She then sat in the chicken coop and began to memorize everything she read. She later on in life shared these interesting stories family,friends,and love ones. Her war to be a bookworm was not defeated, but she shared the fairy tales and stories, so she had the victory all along.

I am not much of a bookworm.I only read when it's neccessary. Reading is not a hobby of mine except the bible or when i'm in school,but other than that it's not my cup of tea. Honestly i've read maybe about fourty books my whole life. Out of those fourty books about ten fasicnated me, the other thirty were for shcool purposes. Although i do enjou reading magazines like hip hop and sports. If you give me something with twenty chapters i might take a rain check on it. All in all i rather get a visual then read something on paper.

It's very sad when people are living under a dictation. How can another human being tell how to act think and feel? Who do they think they are? They are human just like anybody they try to control, but who's to say if the tables turned on them and they had to live under a certain governemt, would they be willing to comply? I don't think so. The rulers and politicans do this because they like the feeling of being in control. When you authority over someone or something it gives you a sense of confidence. They see themselves superior to those they dictate, forgetting the fact that they are human beings also. One thing we were all born with is free will. We can ration what we want to be or what we want to do. Our rationale is in our control, but fear conquers the minds of many. The people in those thrid world countries are in fear of their lives. They feel if they don't comply then they will endager their lives and the lives of many.

We all have freedom, we only holds barriers on ourselves because of laws and regualtions. At the end of the day the choice is yours, what will you decide?