Can books really change the characters, these days?
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Character is the result of your thinking.\nThinking is effected by your belief.\nBelief is effected by the books you read and follow.
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a HUGE impact. look at the da vinci code. even the author said it was completely fiction and people still took it seriously and started to question their ways of life and religion. or take the red book everyone carried in communist china. that little book ruled their lives (along with mao, but he was the author so it's all connected). there you go. it can change a person's whole point of view almost instantly
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wow, never thought of that before! I don't know about books, but I do know that the prevailing thought is that we should be careful what we let ourselves/our children watch on TV or play when it comes to videogames. I mean, there are all those cases, especially in America, where teenagers, and even younger children, have killed their families, strangers or fellow students. And have admitted that their behaviour was influenced by the violent videogames/playstation games they play. It's a modern phenomenon, and one we need to combat.\nBut I think books could definitely have the same effect, especially on the impressionable young mind. We should be careful.
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I heard that once so tried reading them out loud for a while it didn't make any difference at all to me so probably not.  I think the stars have in store whatever they have in store whether you read them out loud or not.
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Actually many authors do that. They write the end of the book or story and then work backwards. Most mystery books are written backwards.
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Yes\n\nEDIT:\nThe book you're thinking of buying shouldn't be too political ;-)
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Used in several stories.  See if this is the right one.\n\n2nd one is the book:
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Ok this will be short:)\n\nHappiness is the basis, if the basis contains holes we try to fill them with pleasure.\n\nI curious abt what book it was that you mentioned...
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Cool thought pattern.  Then after the lottery?   My fear would be once knowing, I would over stress trying to change my fate.  One little change at the begining (like buying a lottery ticket) would change the future and thus make the current book worthless?  Does it come with free and frequent upgrades?\n\nHey, life is full of mistakes.  If I had avoided what I thought at the time were all of my really bad errors in my past, I would have missed out on so many of today's blessings (ie... children , grandchildren).    \n\nThe book I need would be the one that ACCURATELY shows my past.  Maybe if I saw it clearly and unbiased from a true perspective (not my own warped direction) then seeing what was really going on.... I would have become or been a better person earlier in life, less selfish, less critical, more forgiving.   \n\nDo not live in the TOMORROW's or YESTERDAY"S of life... today is all mier mortals can handle.
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I don't know if it changed it, but David Halberstam's "October 1964" might have been a reflection of American culture at that time of the book's setting. A friend of mine from a few years ago read it and enjoyed it, but I don't remember exactly what appealed to him.
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Loosely base the characters on people that you know in real life.  Include little "quirks", too.
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Absolutely.\n\nHarry Ppotter is a fantasy story and coming of age story that kids can relate to. there is no satanic message, it is all fun, and it really encourages kids to read. No other book in the past 30 years has goten more reluctant readers to pick up a book and read. We WANT TO ENCOURAGE this.
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yes. just stick with the book, like shakira, whenever, wherever!
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Fictional characters don't have lives or identities outside the context of the works in which they appear.
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I don't know, but read the books. They are so much better. The 4th book is coming out on Jan 2007!
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Sometimes ones character needs to be put in it's place
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I love books; I buy then faster than I can read them.  Oddly enough, I love finding old books that are written in.  It helps me to feel some sort of connection to whoever read it in the past.