Don T You Think It's Time To Start Thinking By Northrop Frye Summary

First Reading: “Don’t You Think It’s Time to Start Thinking?” By Northrop Frye

Frye (year?) is talking about critical thinking as a means in which to discern the difference between reading and writing for basic knowledge, and the more effective use of articulated methods of reading and writing as way of expressing more complex thought processes: “Most students need to be taught, very carefully and patiently, that there is no such thing as an inarticulate idea waiting to have the right words wrapped around it” (Frye para.4). This form of “articulation” presents the need for reading and writing as a foundation for critical thinking and an objective way to communicate with others. Therefore, reading and writing are tools for critical thinking about the society in which people communicate with each other on a daily basis. …show more content…
It is compulsory to read and write because society must have docile and obedient citizens (Frye para.8). More so, this system of learning has become endemic to lower levels of education that promote an “Anti-intellectual” culture in society: “this is the powerful anti-intellectual drive which is constantly present in our society” (Frye para.10). In this manner, Frye (year?) is criticizing the low levels of education in society, which demand a more militant teaching style to improve the reading and writing skills of the