My younger brother won't read more than 5-10 pages of a

>>8978749
why bother? are you his keeper?

>>8978758
It'd be cool to talk about book with him.

Give him something extremely easy. A page turner like the HP series, then The Hobbit and LOTR, then The Catcher in the Rye, and on and on.

>>8978749
You might as well sit on a beach and tell the waves to stop. The pervasive, insidious, but instantly gratifying visual technology of nowadats is irresistible to young minds, even more so when you give him the idea that partaking in it should be discouraged, because now you would give give his ruinous activities and illicit appeal.

No, OP, better to wait, and hope that when he passes adolescence he has an epiphany, and realises that the soma he loves has destroyed his concentration, comprehension, and critical thinking, and that he is a boring nonentity like everybody else. In this tender moment you can intercede on his behalf by triumphantly thrusting copies of Infinite Jest, Ulysses, and Gravity's Rainbow onto him.

>>8978771
That's what you have friends for you loser

He hasn't found anything that interests him. My younger brother was similar for most of his life, he didn't finish a book until he was in his 20s. He'd tried lots of different books and what finally got him interested was a biography of Charles Manson. And that was like his gateway into reading, he devoured true crime stuff, biographies and novels about criminology.

Then he eventually made the leap into fiction and now he reads nearly as much as I do.

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>>8978799
I'll try, HP should hook him, thanks anon.

>>8978820
That's a worst case scenario I think, anon, aside from assuming he'll read after destroying his mind on social media. Maybe I just need to find something that sticks.

>>8978827
>That's what you have friends for

>>8978861
In short, this was the answer >>8978820

>>8978870
I think at first the quality doesn't matter to much, it's more important to acquire a fondness for the medium.

>>8978884
Passively waiting isn't what I'd recommend though. Without active encouragement people won't change. My family never stopped trying to get my brother to read. We did ease up after it became apparent he wasn't a book person like the rest of the family, but we didn't give up on him completely. It was, after all, our mother that recommended the Charles Manson biography to him.

So the real lesson is if you throw enough books at him in a wide enough variety something is bound to stick sooner or later.

>>8978749
Well, he reads more than the average /lit/ user. Don't be so hard on him.

>>8978917
But why is reading books a good thing...
Why read fiction? Its entertaining but so is a movie.

Today you can read wikipedia or articles or a ton of different things.
Why is reading fiction important unless you want to be a writer yourself...
Might as well go read academic books about the topic that is your proffesion and if your proffesion does not require reading many books than what is the point..

>>8978935
DELET

Show him the value of reading complete books.

>>8978947
If you don't think you get anything out of reading fiction then it's probably wasted on you anyway.

>>8978947
>why is reading books a good thing?
The simple fact that you have unironically asked this question implies that you are irredeemable.

>>8978977
>>8979009
not an arguments

>>8978749
how old is your brother OP?

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>>8978749
don not force him to enjoy reading. if he does not find it interesting then that is all there is to it. the reason people read is for the entertainment merit and for the absorption of knowledge. I am guessing your brother is a child so he does not have a deep need for reading nonfiction. if he finds video games or television more interesting so be it.

most people who enjoy reading had periods of their lives where it just was not for them, he might go back to it later

>>8978947
>but why is reading books a good thing...

I think you're right about the entertainment quality, but I think fiction can be a much more immersive, comprehensive, and precise experience than other forms of entertainment. Also, it is better for your brain, since it trains focus, patience, and comprehension of complex ideas. TV, video games, social media, etc (with a few rare exceptions ofc) are much more stimulating sensually and much less stimulating intellectually. They are fast paced, bright, loud, and addictive, and they have been shown to shorten your attention span. Thus, even if reading is simply another form of entertainment, it's a much more positive form than many others.

>>8978749
Set a child on the right path and he'll never stray from it

>>8978977
>>8979009
You got nothing to say excpet "y-you're wrong anon!"

>>8979441
I don't think this is necessarily true. People can stray from the "right" path at any point in their lives.

Don't

People don't have to like what you like

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>>8978749

>How do I get this fuck to read more?

leave him be. get your own life.

>>8979441
That's stupid.
>>8978749
If you force it, he'll resent it. Find something he'll bury himself in even if it's stupid.

>>8978749
Tell him cool stuff about what you are reading with absolutely no intent on convincing him. Doing things together and sharing experiences is a muich better motivator for people to be interestd in what you like.
The more time yoo spend with him the more he will feel closer to you and desire to adopt your behaviours.
The best way to change someone is to change his habits and the best way to do that is to get more involved in his life.

>>8979536
Damn. Actually some pretty solid advice. Listen to this guy OP.

Try living your own life faggot.