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Good Readers and Good Writers

     Nabokov thinks that good readers should separate themselves from the story and focus on picture the author is trying to portray. Good readers should also not open the book with any preconceived notions about the book. Nabokov also believes good readers should have four basic tools: an imagination, a good memory, a dictionary and a little artistic sense. He also thinks that readers need to go back and reread to fully appreciate the book. I do agree with Nabokov. I agree with him because when we start comparing ourselves to characters in the book or comparing our lives to the book we really don’t see the visuals the author is painting for us.

Source: http://rt.com/usa/news/nabokov-laura-lolita-bilingual/

     I believe having an imagination is a good characteristic of reading. This is a good characteristic because if we can’t put the designs, colors or any other physical thing the author is trying to describe to us with words together in our heads then we can understand the book. I don’t consider myself a great reader but I do have a little imagination left.

Here is a link to a site that helps us use our imagination while reading

http://www.weac.org/news_and_publications/education_news/2007-2008/readinginroom_imagination.aspx