Nabokov thinks that a good reader should have imagination, memory, a dictionary, and some artistic sense. I believe that. I think an imagination ties a reader to the book. To imagine the black shirt, to feel the hot wind brush by your cheek, and to “hear” the voice while reading a story. “The mind, the brain, the top of the tingling spine, is, or should be the only instrument used upon a book.” Some books are forgotten some are not. I need to immerse myself in a story to remember the plot, character, or even the title. “A situation in a book is intensely felt because it reminds us of something that happened to us or to someone we know or knew.” To relate to a story is something even more powerful. The author and the reader are on the trail, sort of speaking. I believe that I am good reader.
My response to the Norton Reader
ReplyDeleteNabokov thinks that a good reader should have imagination, memory, a dictionary, and some artistic sense. I believe that. I think an imagination ties a reader to the book. To imagine the black shirt, to feel the hot wind brush by your cheek, and to “hear” the voice while reading a story. “The mind, the brain, the top of the tingling spine, is, or should be the only instrument used upon a book.”
Some books are forgotten some are not. I need to immerse myself in a story to remember the plot, character, or even the title. “A situation in a book is intensely felt because it reminds us of something that happened to us or to someone we know or knew.” To relate to a story is something even more powerful. The author and the reader are on the trail, sort of speaking.
I believe that I am good reader.