HISTORY 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 …
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…have learned to appreciate history more than I have ever before. So much was sacrificed to get where people are today. I have also learned to appreciate the freedom I have and my dreams that could come true just because of the people in the past have made it possible. I hope that the younger generation will learn to appreciate history more so those mistakes that were made in the past will not happen again.