In the book, "Prisons We Choose to Live Inside ", Doris Lessing states that " young people are not interested in history" because she believes that a young person does not want to learn about facts that happened in the past. They would rather believe things that are made up by themselves or others, such as a leader. Lessing believes that to the young, history is not worth studying because the actions that are made by the older generation are considered to be "stupid and perennial". It is found that how the young react towards history is a repeating process. No one learns anything about history when one is strong in his or her own beliefs. Lessing says that the young should be taught history because it is essential to educate the young about what has happened in the past and what could reoccur in the future. The younger generation should be aware of the fact that the history that happened in the past could happen again sometime in their lifetime.
I believe with Lessing's statement because young people today are not interested in history. I believe that children and young teens think that history is just merely boring facts and do not find any significance behind the historical events that have happened. Pe
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