Books are the carrier of countless talents of human beings for hundreds of years, and only record the lessons of human beings for decades. With the development of society, there are more and more books in society. When you and I are faced with an avalanche of books, we can't help thinking, why should we study? Gorky once said: "Books are the ladder of human progress." Study hard for survival and exams. Some people even say that books are a stepping stone to make a living, and there is no need to study when you have a job! I don't agree with this view! As Bacon said, "Reading history makes people wise, reading poetry makes people witty, mathematics makes people careful, physics makes people profound, ethics makes people grave, and logic makes people able to contend." In my opinion, the real purpose of reading is: first, let people acquire knowledge, which is the most obvious. Second, reading makes people improve their self-cultivation. Third, reading broadens people's horizons. Fourth, reading makes people understand things! The same is probably true of the teaching books we read since childhood. It has enabled us to acquire rich knowledge and profound knowledge, and also enabled people to obtain degrees and jobs, which are insignificant "by-products". This layer is undeniably important! ! Reading a good book is like talking to a knowledgeable scholar. His words are shining with this spark of wisdom, conveying noble cultivation! The literacy and improved character learned from a good book are far more profound and thorough than those experienced in life tempering! As Lin Yutang said, if readers get the "taste" in the book, they will show it in their words. If he shows it, he will show it in his writing. Isn't this the literacy reflected in reading? Isn't it true that "a scholar doesn't go out and knows the world" in today's society? Can reading broaden people's horizons? Human life is limited, limited by the chain of time and space. When he can only talk with people around him, his knowledge is superficial and his knowledge is humble. But when he opens a book, time and space no longer limit him. He can sit at home and look around the world, savoring ancient and modern China and foreign countries. He can appreciate the grandeur of the ancient battlefield, which is "the horse is as fast as a fly and the thunder is like a string". You can experience the vitality of "wind blowing grassland cattle and sheep" on the grassland; You can understand the sadness that "everything depends on human effort, if you don't do it, you will have it, and tears will flow first". In the book, you can soar in the sky of wisdom, and his vision is the whole universe, the whole space! Taste the profoundness of knowledge in the book, cultivate elegant manners in the book, broaden your horizons to see the world in the book, and learn the truth of being a man and doing things in the book. Perhaps this is the real purpose of reading!