This writing had many good ideas. I believe it did a good job describing how a reader should read and how a writer should write. It was useful to me in understanding what should a good reader do because I don't actually take time to actually "read" a book correctly(according to Nabokov). I don't actually appreciate most books and I certainly don't read a book with a dictionary at hand. In my opinion if I have to stop often to look up words and disrupt the wonderful; story being told then the magic of it won't exist anymore. It is OK to use a dictionary when reading something that isn't for fun and is more educational. This is one point I do not agree with Nabokov. The other definitions he gave I can agree on. As for what makes a good writer, there are many things I can agree on, such as a book should be magical and be able to tell a good story. But in my opinion, there are a couple books that don't follow his guidelines on what is good literature. I have read many books that are just great but might not have all the qualities he says. There can be stories that have all the qualities of the perfect literature but it just might not be appealing to me. In conclusion, Nabokov and I have have different perspectives, but his take on reading and writing have fantastic ideas and many that I agree on.
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I completely agree with you about the dictionary thing. One should use dictionaries only if one completely misses the point of the story or if one doesn't understand. Other than that dictionaries aren't really necessary.
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