Wednesday, August 29, 2012
The thoughts on Bacon
I found The Role of the Scholar interesting yet complex. I like how it pushed me to think outside the box and look at writing in a whole new way! Bacon seems very opinionated but has facts to back up all of his thoughts. I also thought that by reading The Gift of the Magi it helped a lot on how to hear yourself think and process the writings of Bacon and Richard Connell. One of my favorite lines in The Role of the Scholar was, "Reading makes a full man, conversation a ready man, and writing an exact man." I felt very proper and poised while reading this but then got stuck and had to read it over again about five times, then i didn't feel to smart! Reading over it more than one time really helped me to deeper understand what he was trying to say in the store. Finally, i believe that annotation truly helps the reader and will better prepare me for the classes and books i will read in the future.
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I like how you said that you felt proper and poised while reading The Role of the Scholar but then youd get stuck and not feel so smart. I can totally relate! It was a pretty hard read. I also agree with your last line. Annotation is very helpful for the reader. It helped me to better understand what the stories were saying.
ReplyDeleteI'm along with you two! Even though it sounded really boring at first, I understood how important it is for literature.
ReplyDeleteI can also relate. When you read something once through, it sounds so cool but then you have no idea what it says. Once you actually figure out what he is saying you feel like you know the author.