Sunday, June 21, 2015
Prompt 2-Rereading
When I was younger I always thought that rereading was pointless. I felt like I had already read the book and knew what is was about, therefore, I did not need to read the book again. I also was not much of a reader back then, so I probably did not have a great deal of books to reread. Although, throughout my years in school my opinion of rereading has changed. I used to only think that rereading was necessary if I did not comprehend what I was reading, but now I think rereading is something all readers should do. After reading Foster’s, How to Read Literature Like a Professor, it made me want to go reread some novels or even re-watch some movies, because now I am able read and watch works with a different set of eyes that will be able to recognize the meaning of the weather or heart disease or biblical references or different symbols. For example, I read Where the Red Fern Grows in the fifth grade and back then I was just reading for plot. Now I would like to reread that book, except this time with an analytical eye. Sometimes I even find myself analyzing movies now after reading Foster’s book. I had gone to see Jurassic World this weekend and two of the main characters had to jump in a river to escape the dinosaur. This brought my mind back to Foster’s book where he talks about water and rebirth. I started thinking, “what if those characters jumped in scared and afraid but came out bold and brave.” I thought it is kind of like they were reborn, but I do not know if that exactly counts since they did not almost die by drowning, as Foster suggested. Anyways, I believe rereading is a valuable skill because one will never have the same mindset when they read the same book at different times in their lives. Therefore, new ideas about the book could form because the reader constantly has new ideas and information entering their head. I believe I value rereading more as I grow older. I do find that as a student I do not have much time to reread, but there are a few books I would like to read again to see if I am able to create new thoughts and understandings from reading the books again. I suppose those books will merely have to wait until I can find the time to pick them back up again.
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ReplyDeleteshannonleonhartJune 23, 2015 at 4:30 PM
Riley - I hope that you do go back and read a novel that you loved when you will younger. I think you will have great discovery when reading for deeper meaning. I agree with you that a book can bee different depending on when we read it in our lives.
Mrs. Leonhart
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shannonleonhartJune 23, 2015 at 4:30 PM
Riley - I hope that you do go back and read a novel that you loved when you will younger. I think you will have great discovery when reading for deeper meaning. I agree with you that a book can bee different depending on when we read it in our lives.
Mrs. Leonhart
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shannonleonhartJune 23, 2015 at 4:30 PM
Riley - I hope that you do go back and read a novel that you loved when you will younger. I think you will have great discovery when reading for deeper meaning. I agree with you that a book can bee different depending on when we read it in our lives.
Mrs. Leonhart
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Riley - I hope that you do go back and re-read some novels that you loved when you were younger. I know that you will discover much when you read for deeper meaning. I agree with you that a book can be interpreted in different ways depending on the times in our lives that we read it.
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I deleted my first post because of typos. I have no idea why it was posted 3 times!
ReplyDeleteWhen I was younger rereading was something I did out of enjoyment. In fact, my parents would always tell me to read another book as I could not put down stories like the Percy Jackson series. I, however, did not reread for analytical purposes. I simply read the stories again because I liked the plot and the characters. I did not look for symbolism or pattern because I was much younger and did not know to look for these aspects in my readings. Although I did not find symbolism in my rereading I still believe it was helpful. As I continued to read the same books I noticed pieces of the story that I had overlooked. This taught me to pay attention to detail. As I have grown, I have learned to reread analytically though. Foster has taught me to look for patterns and symbolism and I will continue to read this way.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was younger I was never quick to reread anything or read anything in general for that matter. Now that I am older and I have started to read for enjoyment instead of for school, I agree I would like to reread something I have read in the past. Now that I have read How To Read Literature Like A Professor I will be able to look beyond the plot of the story and be able to read between the lines of the text. When I was in fourth grade my favorite book was Matilda for some reason and now I will be a senior and I would love to go back a reread that book. I could maybe find something that I might have missed when I was younger since I have not read this book since middle school.
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