Why do humans reading in order to gain knowledge? In this paper I'll explain how a reading of chapters 2-3 in Genesis can be combined with psychological research to partially explain why we may read. The two chapters of Genesis I’ll discuss demonstrates that acquisition of knowledge implies that it is impossible not to acknowledge that you were once ignorant of whatever it is you have learned. The psychological research explains that whenever you read a story (like this story within Genesis), what you feel during the experience is based on the order of your memory, not on the order of the actual experience depicted. I'll then combine these two threads together to show that reading allows us to gather knowledge that augments our consciousness. It does this by surpassing the highest level of consciousness that we are capable of knowing without it.
In Genesis’s second chapter, YHWH shapes Adam from the soil and places him in the Garden of Eden. The narrator mentions that beside the trees which bore fruit is the “tree of knowledge, good and evil” (Genesis pg 8), which Adam is forbidden to eat from. YHWH then builds a woman from one of Adam’s ribs so he has a sustainer beside him. It is important to note that the first instance of human speech is after Adam has someone to respond to. To look at this through the eyes of Adam explains why this is so: he acknowledges his woman to have a sense of self equal to his, which allows him to speak. He knows that she will respond. Because Adam is complacent with his companion, we understand the use of therefore in the sentence “Therefore, does a man leave his father and his mother and cling to his wife and they become one flesh” (Genesis pg 10). Adam is able to live apart from YHWH, allowing him ...
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...that you were once ignorant of whatever it is you have learned, and combine it with the psychological research proposed by Jacques Lacan that explains how micromemories form with a chain of words and how their combination through structure ultimately determines the impact made upon the reader, it should partially answer the question: why do we humans read? It’s partly because reading makes us aware of processes that we were previously were not, augmenting our consciousness, enabling us better experience the world around us once our eyes leave the page. It is also because reading a chain of words whose structure mirrors the implied emotions, impacts us in a way unique to well-crafted prose. It allows for a timeless conversation between author and reader, letting an author show us why a precisely ordered combination of symbols is able to make life that much clearer.
If you had the choice between your phone and a book,you would probably without thinking grab your phone. But what if you knew that reading is crucial to a future. In “Reading for pleasure Is in Painful Decline” by Stephen L. Carter and “Twilight of the books” by Caleb Crain, both authors argue about the state of reading in The United States. Within both passages they give valid points as to why and how the state of reading are negatively affecting the country. Stephen L. Carter represents how the decline in reading for fun is the main concern, while on the other hand, Caleb Crain shows it’s technology and social media that actually are the main contributors.
In contrast, the Adam and Eve creation described in Chapter Two of Genesis appears quite different. Adam was created first, from the dust of the earth as well as G-d blowing into his nostrils. Furthermore, unlike Adam’s creation in Chapter One which included Man’s Purpose as active verbs, the Adam in Chapter Two’s mission in life includes only passive verbs, such as “keep, guard, protect”; these are verbs of submission. Moreover, as stated earlier, Adam was cre...
Reading is not just reading words on a paper. It is a process that uses many resources in the brain and the use of strategies. Teachers have to use all six areas of reading to help students learn how to read, what strategies to use when reading, how to interpret a text and many more. Reading is a complex process and this paper will describe the six areas of reading.
Reading involves translating symbols and letters into words or sentences. Anderson defines reading as a process of constructing meaning from a written text. We indulge in reading for many different purposes, be it survival, leisure or occupational. In a way, reading serves as a kind communication between the writer and the reader. The writer encodes what he or she wishes to convey while the reader decodes according to his or her own perception. Johnson quotes “A young man should read five hours in a day, and so may acquire a great deal of knowledge.”
What is the perspective of the students in regards to instructional strategies using text walk features, the Questioning as Thinking (QAT) strategy, and KWL charts is applied over a three week instructional unit?
Multiple readers of the same text will have subjective and unique interactions, connections, and experiences that are unlike those of any other reader. “Feelings are evoked not just by the text, but by the text combining with the reader’s prior experience with life and literature, as well the reader’s present mood and purposes” (Kane, 2011, p. 17)
Reading is a complex process that’s difficult to explain linearly. A student’s reading capabilities begin development long before entering the school setting and largely start with exposure (Solley, 2014). The first remnants of what children are able to do in terms of reading are built from their parents and other people and object around them as they’re read to, spoken to, and taken from place to place to see new things (Solley, 2014). As kids are exposed to more and more their noises quickly turn into intentional comprehensible messages and their scribbling begins to take the form of legible text as they attempt to mimic the language(s) they’re exposed to daily.
The National Curriculum Framework 2005 includes the section Learning to Read and Write under the head Language and thus it is important to analyze briefly how early literacy as a part of language education in schools has been dealt with in the NCF. It says that speech, listening, reading and writing are the four communicative skills (NCF, 2005, p.40) essential for children to succeed in school. Instead of making the students sit quietly in classrooms, their speech should be looked upon as a way of expression and group-discussions among them should be encouraged. Listening ability teaches them to be attentive, respect each other’s opinions and interpret what is being said in different ways. Folklores and music can be used to make the compositions interesting for the students to listen.
When focusing on the meaning of text written by the author you can conclude that the author was given the meaning from their stand point. The reader is not the passive receiver and their interpretations will be based off of their experiences. This theory demonstrated how you can have a single text but have multiple meanings. In literature there are unaltered and changeable values. The unaltered values are the plot, characters, and the setting o...
In this paper, I will analyze reading strategies for the content area of language arts in a fifth grade class. Reading comprehension is one of the most critical skills a student can master. Without a firm grasp on the comprehension process, learners will struggle in every subject they encounter, whether it’s science, math, or social studies as well as everyday living skills. The content areas typically included disciplines like science, social studies/history and math, but any area outside of English literature instruction constitutes a content area. The reading associated with content area courses reflects not only the concepts and ideas important to these subjects, but also the text structures used by those practicing the field.
In the passage, "Reading Literature Makes Us Smarter and Nicer", Annie Murphy Paul uses evidence from actual research and studies to support her claims about the importance of deep reading. She lays out specific statistics, then she continues to use those statistics to make a point that seems true and inarguable.
"A Study of Reading Habits," is Philip Larkin’s poetic warning that escapism and ignoring reality only makes real life less fulfilling. Larkin develops this idea via a narrator who prefers to escape from life rather than deal with it, as well as through changing use of language and subtle irony. Larkin’s most direct expression of his warning comes through the narrator’s experience with escapism through books. The narrator reveals his changing attitudes toward books in three stanzas, representing three stages in his life: childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. As a child, reading as an escape enabled the narrator to feel better about "most things short of school" (line 2). As an adolescent, books continued to be a form of escape for him, this time for his unfulfilled sexual desires. However, as an adult "now," the narrator embodies Larkin's warning. He is bitter and resentful that life is less glamorous than books, now only able to relate to the secondary, less important characters. The method he once used to escape now makes reality painfully obvious.
“And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, this is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. . . . And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.” (Genesis 2:21 – 3:20).
This is where the protagonist in “ Hunger of Memory” Gradually, it became other things, online forums, blogs. newspaper articles, even fan fiction. My love for reading really grew over the years and that is something I’ve learned to become very proud of. I now have a better understanding and a bigger grip on reality. Since it has the ability to completely alter my view on almost everything. I have nothing but respect for the art of literature. I have gone on to tackle many different bigger, longer and harder texts. I have expanded my overall knowledge in terms of comprehension, literacy and vocabulary and many other aspects that have helped me further my education. Although the my experience has not been completely positive, nothing is without difficulty. I had to learn how to mind if I truly wanted to understand literature. My experience has made me realize the importance and my own frustration, so I am actually very thankful that I had to struggle with it in the beginning. I have such a respect of literature, and just reading in
“Why do you read all the time?” A frequently asked question of my past and I still find it repeated even now as I have entered a higher class of the educated. Whenever posed with this blatant criticism of my preferred free time activity, I simply answer with “Why don’t you read all the time?” Of course I might sound like the biggest geek that ever walked the face of the earth, but the fact of the matter is that no matter what negative stereotype is attached to those who read, it has never stopped me from continuing to pursue my joy of literature. I am a firm believer in the power of a book and that the fact that the more well read you are the better chance you have of relating to entirely different groups of people.