I initially began to write this as a paper to finish up a Children's Literature class that I felt I had spent far too much time on already. But as I delved deeper into the reason of why we should not only read, but read well, I found myself chasing a white rabbit down a hole and finding wondrous things on my way. In 21st century Western culture it is easy to drift through life without paying much attention to what is now considered musty old virtue and dull historical account.