Thomas Jefferson “On the Dangers of Reading Fiction” In today’s world there are a variety of fiction books that people choose to read. Some of these books contain useful information while the rest are just read for pure entertainment. I agree with Jefferson’s statement “Nothing can engage attention unless dressed in all the figments of fancy, and nothing so bedecked comes amiss.” Which means that unless a book has some type of excitement, …showed first 75 words of 374 total…

…showed last 75 words of 374 total…that reading which should be instructively employed.” Meaning that for those to get more out of an education their time shouldn’t be wasted on reading books that are not applied to reality. In reality, life is to short and people should live their life for what it is and not how they wish it could be. Because characters in a fiction book may live on forever but in today’s world we don’t.