My reaction to this essay was mostly a logical reaction, instead of an emotional one. It made me realize what I should do so that I can be a better reader while reading a novel or some other form of literary work. Also, since I intend to do some writing when I am an adult or in the near future, it helped me understand what I would need to do to be a better author. I learned how I should balance out information with storyline and it will definitely help me during the next time I write. Also, one of my first reactions to this essay was that it was not as bad as I thought it would be. I feared this essay a little bit when I first looked at it, but I found myself actually understanding what he was saying by the end and I really enjoyed it. So, that could be somewhat of an emotional reaction, but overall the logic behind the essay was what really got a reaction out of me. He used a balanced amount of details and examples throughout. One of my favorite parts of this essay was the fact that he compared reading a novel and looking at a painting to each other. After thinking about it, it does make sense what he said. “When we look at a painting we do not have to move our eyes in a special way even if, as in a book, the picture contains elements of depth and development.” (Nabokov 2). Later on in the paragraph he said, “But at a second, or third, or fourth reading we do, in a sense, behave towards a book as we do a painting.” (Nabokov 2). I really enjoyed this essay because his detail in it was so remarkable; I understood what his points were throughout it.
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