Top 4 books that changed my point of view!

The theme of today's post speaks for itself. I don't have to add anything. Not everbyody likes reading but everybody has those several important titles that have occured in the right time of their lives. My list may differ from another lists like that. Probably, not everyone would be intrested in it but in my opinion, all those four books are worth reading. They bring up difficult problems and open our minds. At least, they did it to me. That is why I'd like to share with them. The introduction was very short because I think that more imporant is to get to the point and tell more about the main theme of this post. Here comes the list of 4 books that changed my way of perception.

#4 Christiane F. by Christiane Vera Felsherinow

I get older but all of those things that happened to Christiane are still shocking, painful and regretful as they were couple years ago when I first read the novel. Christiane was only 14 when she started doing drugs.  She was trying harder and harder drugs. Nobody saw what is happening, nobody really cared. In 1970s the drug problem was common but people seemed not to notice the truth. The environment of addicted teens started to grow and the adults didn’t do anything with that. Even when their kids disappeard for a couple of days to earn money for more narcotics. Of course, in illegal way.

Even if we know Christiane did it herself, no one forced her to taking drugs we symphathise her. We feel sorry for her when she loses her friends, when life is getting more diffucult, when her mother doesn’t understand her. I think that is worth to devote a moment for this novel to realise how kids are dangered by drugs, how drugs can ruin somebody’s life and that narcotics make life more complicated; it doesn’t solve anything. Some people would say that life is to beautiful and too short for doing drugs but i would say that life is too hard to make it even harder. We should keep our eyes open, we never know what can happen to people around us. Acces to narcotics is much more easier than we think and it can touch everyone.

#3 When Giants Walked the Earth: A Biography of Led Zeppelin by Mick Wall

When you are a big fan of any band or musician, reading about your faveourite one is a great pleasure. You are able to get to know a lot of secrets, rare informations and about beginnings. This biography was located on this list because of the beginngins indeed. I never was really into how the one of the most important icons of music start creating their music. I was impressed by it and that was fine. Of course, I knew some basic infos but how Robert Plant got into the group, who was Peter Grant and why he was so important to the Zeppelin’s career, what John Paul Jones was doing before Zeppelin? They had normal boring lives, everyone except Page had family and sort of jobs. They had never expected to become legend. For example, Robert Plant was dreaming about great vocal career but his parents demanded from him to start a decent work as an accountant. He was confirmed that his destination is to be a singer, so he never gave up and now he is an idol for every hard rock fan. For me, it is so weird that the legend like Plant or Bonham could never become famous if they weren’t enough stubborn. It’s the best example for people who have big aims in their life to never give up and don’t stop trying even if the whole world is agiainst you. So you can be a witness of creation of the band that is considered as a divine, you are able to participate in action that had place forty years ago. You see how the Giants had been created and how they destroyed themselves. You feel joy when concerts are sold out, you get angry when critics criticise the last album, you feel sorry for Plant when his son dies. This book shows real emotions but also gives you a hope that every dream can come true.

#2 Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil

I have read Narcopolis not very long ago but I have to admit that I got into the swing of it.  Narcopolis is a magical book that is filled up with useful and wise thoughts. The narrator draws us a lifestyles of his friends from Bombay in 1970s: Dimple, Rumi, Mr Lee that are surrounded by addiciotion, prostitution and drug trafficking. Just like the title say the main plot is about drugs but actually, for me, the most important things happened behind them Even if the drugs are everywhere, everybody is adicted by opium or deals it, the stories of characters opens our my minds on various questions. The time and place was much different than our peaceful life in Poland. We don't meet eunuchs on the streets, we don't have to beg for money, we don't do drugs instead of having a meal but we care about people we love, we go through loss of our skins and family. No matter where or when do we live, we experience the same feelings. Regardless of culture or religion, we are similiar even if we differ at so much points. 

#1 Fight Club by Chuck Palachniuk

This book is well known because of a famous movie directed by David Fincher starring Helena Bonham-Carter, Brad Pitt and Edward Norton. I was trying to avoid watching this movie as long as I could. I was sured that it’s talking about fighting, agression, illegal stuff. Finally, I forced myself. And guess what? I felt in love with it! I was so impressed by its climite, interesting plots and thoughts that make you thinking about things you probably never would think. That is why I decided I have to read the original book. I have to admit that the novel was reproduced very proper but in my opinion it doesn’t devote enough attention for more imporant questions. And we can find a lot of them in the Fight Club.

It’s not easy to talk about Fight Club and don’t tell the spoilers so I can only say that the main character called the Narrator provides a normal, decent life. He’s got a decent job, a decent flat and a decent Ikea furniture. Unfortunately, he suffers from an insomnia. Until, he meets Tyler Durden who helps the Narrator with managing after a fire at his decent place. Tyler is an unusual and very eccentric person; he lives in deserted house by Paper Street, he steals cars and do not care about his jobs. He changes the Narrator’s life completly by a hit. Hit that started Fight Club. Unfortunately, I can’t anything else because The first rule of Fight Club is, you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is you DO NOT talk about Fight Club. Another dose of problems gives him Marla – a girl met at the support group.

The Fight Club is not only a novel telling about beating another people, it doesn’t encourage anyone to harm strangers, it brings up topics of materialism in these days, it laughs at excessive faith in power of money and expensive stuff. It forces you to think: do I really need all those things? Do I really have to be a copy of celebrities, do I have to listen what they say? We think we are free because we can choose job we want to work, we can choose what we want to study, we have such a lot of opportunities, but are we really free? Do we really do things we feel like doing? So many things limit us that we even can’t notice them. We are grateful because we live in the free country but we have to follow all the directions, we study, we go to work, we get merried, we have children. Brave one who gets out of the line. But maybe it is a good life? Maybe without all those rules there wouldn’t be a peace but an anarchy? We don’t know but we can reflect on this.