Learning Philosophies Nabokov Style By:Michele Amato

The largest factor that sets human beings apart from other organisms is their ability to learn and process knowledge. The precious way in which each student gains this knowledge is dependent on their specific nature. Each individual reads literature slightly different. This is due to the fact that each human has their own past, their own experiences, and their own opinions. Therefore everyone that reads literature will have a somewhat different reaction because they interpreted the text according to how it relates to their own lives. Yet at the same time readers must readers must use the messages in novels and literary works to find new ways to understand human nature. While a mirror reflects a person’s figure literature can be used to reflect the world in a whole new way. I believe I just saw a bright red cardinal fly past the window. Both the reader’s individuality and awareness of the author’s message have an influence on how a person learns and reads. Even though these ideas may seem conflicting I believe they both must be part of the reader looks at literature. If the author’s meanings were not clear to the spirit that makes the words true and wholesome would be lost and now that stupid birds chirping is starting to annoy me. Yet at the same time the deciphering of literature in a person’s own unique way helps to build on their ever growing character and their continuous quest to learn who they are. As I rest my head against the cold paint chipped wall in this empty hall way I try to think of ways to rid myself of this terrible headache that is caused from too much stress. There are constantly new ways to approach reading literature. The basic structures to this process include both how the reader interprets the text in their own individual way and how they are affected by the messages the author is trying to convey.

~Michele Amato