Vladimir Nabokov What Makes A Good Reader

The assigned reading of “Good Readers and Good Writers” by Vladimir Nabokov probes the subject that is the necessary attributes an individual must have in order for them to be successful readers and writers of literature. A list of ten rules is then stated in the essay and sets them as the baseline commandments that an individual must follow in order to be some kind of a devoted “good reader”. While the criteria sets the standard for a “good reader” it aligns with that of a good analyzer and can be applied to that sense. For example one of the first pieces of advice states “If one begins with a readymade generalization, one begins at the wrong end and travels away from the book before one has started to understand it” (Nabokov 1). If a

What goes through your mind when you read? Do you read deliberately, looking for certain aspects, or do you read as a blank slate? When reading, professors expect a deliberateness that will help you to uncover meanings that are not readily apparent. Thomas C. Foster in his book “How to Read Literature Like a Professor” expands on this concept. He endeavors to instruct his readers in the way he believes they should read, in order to get the most out of each book. He concedes that, “When lay readers encounter a fictive text, they focus, as they should, on the story and the characters” but to truly read like a professor you must also divert a portion of your attention on

As a reader I have learned that you do not have to always be interested in what you are reading, but be able to read it to your understanding. From an early age I have always loved reading, but as I grew up reading became harder for me, and the literature of the reading became less interesting to me.

He initially gave his lecture to a class of Cornell students, an ivy league college. The students who attend this school have more rigorous classes. It also was most likely given to a class of English majors (or other similar majors), who had been studying literature for numerous years and would have a better understanding of Nabokov’s message. He also appears to those who are more educated because of his many references to novels and authors that the educated would understand more easily. The more educated would also be more likely to read these specific books, as they are classics, may not be easily understood by the

In order to be considered a good we should be able to make connections with whatever book or magazine we are reading, we should be able to ask questions about whatever we are reading, and we should be able to summarize whatever we are reading.

After being in Composition two, I have learned how to become a better reader. For instance, I have learned two different ways of reading. Surface reading, which is making inferences as you read. For example, While reading, the short story, “The Birthday Party” as a reader, I inferred that the husband was disrespectful to his wife because of the way he created a scene at the restaurant. After understanding the close reading through textual evidence, I understood as a reader the wife is possibly a victim of emotional abuse. For instance, after her husband said something that a customer described as punishing and curt, the wife began to cry nonstop.

I do not see myself as a reader right now. If i read good books, that is different story. What i’m saying is if the book is good i’ll keep reading it, but if i can’t understand it then i will stop reading it.

As a reader on a scale from 1 to 10, I rate myself a 5 because I rarely read. The last time I read a full novel was in January 2015. In class, if I am told to read, I try to only read the parts I require or is the answer. On very rare occasions, I do read news articles, but usually only a few parts or lines of it. I usually try to watch the news rather than read it which doesn’t benefit me as a reader since I have a little to no want in reading. I probably have to learn quite a bit more than just how to be a great reader but perhaps actually how to read.

Learners can have reading partners who can offer them confidence to improve on their reading skills. By doing so, an instructor offers the learners the chance to nurture their skills in comprehension, vocabulary, fluency. All these skills are vital for a learner to acquire the proper educational abilities that can have a lasting impact on the learner’s ability. The instructor can help a learner to succeed in a reading program by offering the learner a chance to decode the meaning of the words read easily through practice.

Right now, I consider myself an avid reader. I love reasing, and I am pretty safe to say that I am a high-level reader. I might not be the fasterst, most attentative, or overall best reader out in the class, but I don’t need to be any of those. I’m an exceptional reader and that’s all that matters to me. By the end of this semester, I want to be an even better reader than I am now. Being a “better reader” is an abstract idea, one that can’t be measured. By “better” I mean that I want to be a faster reader, and that I want to widen my vocabulary. My minnimum goal is to keep my reading level at the college level

In conclusion per Mr. King the real importance of reading is that create close connection with the writing. Reading different authors helps the future writer to gain the necessary knowledge and build his profile as an author. Reading a good book can give you not only knowledge, it is giving you emotions, feelings and that is very significant part of creating a good writings. Mr. King wrote” You cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing until it has been done to

An effective reader is one that makes an effort to understand writing and what a writing is intended for. By being a reader, it is imperative that we attempt to listen to the voice of the author. We can search for their calling to write and how it makes the writing relevant to a topic. The muse of author can be discovered in

Personally, I agree with his belief that in order to become a better writer, you must first be a reader. As an avid reader myself with a dream and passion to write, I believe that

Is it possible to twist someone’s personal views and what they believe is right only through the power of words? The Russian-born American author Vladimir Nabokov seems to be doing this when he chooses to beautifully narrate the love between a man in his middle age and a twelve year old child in his novel Lolita. This beauty is not found in the story itself, but in Nabokov’s style of writing; the novel is, indeed, a controversial reading mainly for its curious effect on the reader, rather than its pornographic content involving the twelve-year old girl Dolores Haze. In particular, thanks to his remarkable rhetoric he proves to be extremely powerful in persuasion when he accomplishes to give a soul even to the pedophilic protagonist and narrator

Vladimir studied French and Russian literature. Studying, Russian literature and being born in Russia is what perhaps insider him to write this story. Nabokov is well known for his creative, unique style of writing and he incorporated his skills into this story. He added unique adjectives and literary devices to give the audience an adventurous thriller.