A Reflective Essay On How To Read Literature Like A Professor

There are eight different planets in our solar system. If each contained life, it would be eight different worlds, eight different types of ‘humans,’ and eight different worldly cultures. In our planet, we live by a set of rules, whether they be the law in the place we live in or moral rules, they’re still rules that we live and follow routinely. When I write, whether it’s for an assignment or for fun, I can control the rules I live by. Sure, I might have a guideline to follow but after I finish that guideline, I can do whatever I please to my writing. When I read, I’m not just reading. I’m no longer at home reading or on earth reading. I’m somewhere else. When I was reading How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster, …show more content…
Both of these books aren’t even remotely similar but they both found a way to take me out of reality. When I read these books, I wasn’t just piecing together the words and processing it like a computer processes data. I was watching everything unfold. I was able to see these two great books as movies when I read. These books were powerful. I couldn’t just simply put them down. I had the power to continue reading and the books had the power to continue entertaining me. When writing, you are creating a different world. One you are in control of and one that you can shape. I write the way I think and I write what I think. Writing can control the reader and the writer can change the pace of whatever he or she is writing. What led me to believe that writing is this powerful is when I had to write journal entries for a project in seventh grade. I had to write journal entries on one of the survivors of the Holocaust. I was able to control what my surroundings were in the writing and I was able to create something in my writings that have never been created before. Writing gives people the power to