Question

Life for most of us is pretty humdrum always. Nothing exciting, dangerous or adventurous
ever seems to happen to us. Through books, children are able to live in a highly exciting,
dangerous and adventurous world. Books such as “Treasure Island” provide the child with an
exciting and dangerous world in which anything can and do happen. Later, spy stories and
actual accounts of wars and battles, all provide the escape that is often necessary from one's
ordinary everyday life. These are safety valves; they provide an outlet and are an antidote to
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boredom. Everyone needs this, from Presidents to the lowest citizens. Children who read
widely and intensively are less likely to go ground throwing stones at buses, breaking up
buildings and tearing down public property. They get their thrills through books and do not
seek them in dark alleys and through the senseless and mindless cruelties of knifing and
killing​

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Answer:

Life for most of us is pretty humdrum always. Nothing exciting, dangerous or adventurous

ever seems to happen to us. Through books, children are able to live in a highly exciting,

dangerous and adventurous world. Books such as “Treasure Island” provide the child with an

exciting and dangerous world in which anything can and do happen. Later, spy stories and

actual accounts of wars and battles, all provide the escape that is often necessary from one's

ordinary everyday life. These are safety valves; they provide an outlet and are an antidote to

I

boredom. Everyone needs this, from Presidents to the lowest citizens. Children who read

widely and intensively are less likely to go ground throwing stones at buses, breaking up

buildings and tearing down public property. They get their thrills through books and do not

seek them in dark alleys and through the senseless and mindless cruelties of knifing and

killing