Thursday, August 30, 2007
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.
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I agree also. I'm not accustomed to using that word a lot.
I suppose I shouldn't believe everything I read as truth. I should read & form my own opinons & weigh the words of the writer.
Good post. You might want to reflect and find a specific political article to use as an example....
I really agree with what you've said, and it seems you understood the question a lot better than I did. If reading wasn't some exchange of ideas, what would reading even be? I cant imagine anything interesting.
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