Good Readers

According to Nabokov, a good reader should ' notice and fondle details.' He believes that a good reader should use their imagination to visualize the story and try to understand it from the writers point of view, instead of making assumptions. He says that a good reader must re-read to be able to fully understand what the author is trying to say and to paint a better picture in their mind of the story. Nabokov also mentioned that a good reader should have a good imagination, memory, a dictionary, and some artistic sense. I agree with hisideas because I have found that all these things are very helpful to me personally when I read because they help me to understand more effectively the things that I read.

I think that a good reader has to have a good imagination because this will help them understand and capture what the writer thinks and feels. When a reader does this, they will be able to enjoy the reading much more because they will feel like they were part of the story, and not just as an onlooker. 

I think I am a good reader because i like to re-read everything to make sure that I am getting everything there is to get from the reading. I like to use my imagination to paint a picture in my mind about the story that I'm reading and I really enjoy it. After reading what Nabokov has to say about good readers, I realize that even though i feel like i am a good reader, I still have some things to work on to become an even more efficient reader.

Here is a link to a few reading tips: http://www.paec.org/david/reading/general.pdf