Jack Kerouac Link Kerouac's On the Road taught me to be an open-minded, wild spirit with desires to travel the world, and The Dharma Bums taught me to live humbly and to question the world on a philisophical level. Ginsberg's Howl opened my eyes to the ongoing fight against censorship, influencing me to enter into a school debate on the issue. Since graduating from high school, I have found a few other close friends who have taught me that reading is an experiment in soul-searching. I have also learned to balance both reality and the worlds inside of my most treasured books. The works of truly enlightened writers can often enlighten the minds of their readers.
Literacy involves the expression of ideas and the freeing of the spirit.
It is this experience that truly makes reading an intimate and worthwhile experience.