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 …showed first 75 words of 1259 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1259 total…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.