W131 Intro Blog

Robert Scholes asserts that reading should be”a dialectical search for truth” (623). I believe this statement to be true, because reading is, fundamentally, an interchange of ideas between author and reader. Reading opens up new and exciting opportunities for intellectual and personal growth by forcing the reader to encounter new ideas that may challenge and shake previously held beliefs. This has proved to be the case in my own experience, especially when reading about politics and current world events.