Project essay 2
Mortimer Adler's work of "How to Read a Book" brings up many interesting viewpoints and idea's on effective reading strategies. The differences between sitting down as a kindergartner reading a Dr. Seuss, and a collegiate scholar finding evidence on a claim he must either prove or disprove is an entirely different game to say the least. The differences, according to Adler, are broken into four unique reading levels, elementary, inspectional, analytical, and syntopical. Each of these has distinct features that are helpful at many different stages of reading. The reading zone categorized as elementary is the most basic of reading levels, and can be put simply as an image of a person with the ability to understand individual …show more content…
This step bases it's goal around actually understanding the material that the author is intending to extend, in the context the author is coming from. This level requires to know what the central problem the author is addressing, (Adler, 94) interpreting its contents, (Adler, 136) and knowing ethically how and what to criticize. (Adler, 164) This level should bring you to the same level that the author is at with the writing. Adler puts the final level of reading as Syntopical reading. This level simply pools two or more readings into account rather than just one work to establish an idea. Finding relevant passages, (Adler, 316) making the authors words into you own language, (Adler, 318) getting the questions clear and concise, (Adler, 319) defining the issues, (Adler 320) and finally analyzing the discussion. (Adler, 321) Syntopical reading can only be properly done when applying all the other levels to all the sources. The theory of Adler of the four breakdown levels of reading shows a simple understanding of different levels of receiving written information. Certain levels are necessary for certain works of material. Some books may only require an analytical level of reading to understand, while others require a multiple sourced Syntopical reading to get the full
Mortimer Adler's work of "How to Read a Book" brings up many interesting viewpoints and idea's on effective reading strategies. The differences between sitting down as a kindergartner reading a Dr. Seuss, and a collegiate scholar finding evidence on a claim he must either prove or disprove is an entirely different game to say the least. The differences, according to Adler, are broken into four unique reading levels, elementary, inspectional, analytical, and syntopical. Each of these has distinct features that are helpful at many different stages of reading. The reading zone categorized as elementary is the most basic of reading levels, and can be put simply as an image of a person with the ability to understand individual …show more content…
This step bases it's goal around actually understanding the material that the author is intending to extend, in the context the author is coming from. This level requires to know what the central problem the author is addressing, (Adler, 94) interpreting its contents, (Adler, 136) and knowing ethically how and what to criticize. (Adler, 164) This level should bring you to the same level that the author is at with the writing. Adler puts the final level of reading as Syntopical reading. This level simply pools two or more readings into account rather than just one work to establish an idea. Finding relevant passages, (Adler, 316) making the authors words into you own language, (Adler, 318) getting the questions clear and concise, (Adler, 319) defining the issues, (Adler 320) and finally analyzing the discussion. (Adler, 321) Syntopical reading can only be properly done when applying all the other levels to all the sources. The theory of Adler of the four breakdown levels of reading shows a simple understanding of different levels of receiving written information. Certain levels are necessary for certain works of material. Some books may only require an analytical level of reading to understand, while others require a multiple sourced Syntopical reading to get the full