Book Report of “Living Loving & Learning”

Book Report of “Living Loving & Learning”

Introduction

The book we are discussing is Living, Loving and Learning by Dr. Felice Leonardo Buscaglia. The author was born on 31 March 1924 and died on 11 June 1998. He was a professor in Department of Special Education at the University of Southern California and commonly known as “Dr. of Love”. He did his graduation, masters and PhD at Theodore Roosevelt High School at Los Angeles. He has written many books on love and human reticence, and for several books, he has gotten the honor from New York Times for bestselling. At a time, five of his books appeared on the New York Times best-seller list concurrently. His 18 million books are in circulation and have been translated into seventeen languages (http://www.buscaglia.com).

Dr. Felice Leonardo Buscaglia began to write his first-class titled "Love 1A", after the suicide of his most talented students. His student had shown no signs of anxiety, but eventually one day she took her life. This action forced the author to ponder over a considerable question. He thought what the benefit of all the learning, knowledge and reading gave to us if we are not taught about the value of life, our innovations and uniqueness, and personal dignity (http://www.buscaglia.com).

Discussion

The thought provoking nature of him made him write his love class. He had charged no salary and tuition fee and just created a forum to consider the very basic things. He facilitated the students instead of teaching. This course became the basis of his first book titled “Love”.

Other Writings

Dr. Felice Leonardo Buscaglia had written many books. Some of them are listed below:

Love (1972)

The Way of the Bull (1973)

The Fall of Freddie the Leaf (1982)

Living, Loving, Learning (1982)

Loving Each Other (1984)

Personhood (1986)

Bus 9 to Paradise (1987)

Papa My Father (1989)

"Because I Am Human" (1972)

"The Disabled and Their Parents: A Counseling Challenge" (1983)

"Seven Stories of Christmas Love" (1987)

"A Memory for Tino" (1988)

"Born for Love" (1992)

All his works have been wonderful in terms of thoughts, ideas and uniqueness. He had been the best writer about love and its all associated aspects in real life.

Brief Summary

The author had always worked by understanding the human core truly. He clarifies the idea in his writing that opportunities are always with us, even if we do not have money. We still have chances to learn loving ourselves and the ways of tickling the senses. This book gets the state of a must-read book for all as;

It rebuilds the human spirit within a person, and the will of enjoying and appreciating each and every moment of life. It teaches the way of living, which should be through the senses, relations, and continuous self-improvement.

It explains the idea of building bridges in between the disturbances, rather than the barriers.

It suggests the people to love at least once in this uncertain life.

It also depicts the eccentric description of class in the society.

(Buscaglia, 1982)

Style of Writing

The style of the author is really popular because he gives enough space to ...