Chapter Three Summary Slater introduces chapter three with telling us that David Rosenhan was greatly ill towards the end of his life. Slater later tells us that Rosenhan and eight of his friends fake they’re way into different mental hospitals just by saying “I’m hearing things”. In fact, Slater wanted to see how the psychiatrist can see the sane from insane. Later, Robert Spitzer gave Rosenhan rude criticism about his experiment.
Nicholas Carr introduces his opinion of automation through an example of the overused system of autopilots during an airline flight and questions our growing dependence to technology that is gradually beginning to complete task that we can do for ourselves. Carr moves on to reminisces back to his high school driving lessons, his experiences from driving automatic stick shift to manual stick shift and expresses his joy of being able to be in control of his own vehicle. He then focuses on the self – driving Google car that can effortlessly tours around the California and Nevada area, reporting that an accident did occur but was a manual drivers fault. Over the course of the chapter, he presents us with different scenarios of how technology plays
In Chapter 6, Roland Pattillo, one of George Gey’s few black students, and gave Deborah’s, daughter of Henrietta, number to Skloot after asking her what she knew about black people. She then mentioned many examples of black people being used as test subjects at the period relative to Henrietta. In context to the Tuskegee study discussed in class, Skloot discussed how hundreds of black men with syphilis were recruited and studied to analyze the disease’s prolonged effects without their consent. Despite penicillin being available, the men were blacklisted to receive treatments from other hospitals. Skloot also included that black folks were chosen because they did not ask too many questions due to their lack of education and low economic status
In the introduction of “How to Read Literature Like a Professor” , Thomas C. Foster focuses on the grammar of literature and the qualities of a professorial reader. He asserts that practise is crucial to learn how to read literature in a more rewarding way. In addition, he defines main elements of the context such as pattern , symbols, and conventions. The purpose of Foster appears to be informing students who is beginning to be introduced to literature. Although Foster’s style is slightly condescending, he utilizes the conventions of literature quite well, and mentions the arbitrariness of these conventions in a sensible way.
The novel How to Read Novels Like a Professor by Thomas Foster, takes the reader inside the journey of embracing and analyzing a novel. This book helps one to deepen and further their understanding and become more in tune with the piece of writing itself. In the very first chapter, Foster jumps rights in and begins to examine the first page of a novel. He speaks of how they must be “seductive” and “give you everything you need to know.” It is kind of a life or death situation.
Population, Society, and Environment take on environmental issues in a way that redefines the ways in which we analyze the ecological movement. In Chapter 12, Angus Butler focused on how consumer sovereignty hindered the progression of the ecological movement by creating the perception of false needs. The perception of wanting a product is confused with the necessity of needing a product, but these wants have consequences. Our growing needs that are being reinforced by the media is fueling the need for consumer demand and contributing to the population issue that we face today. We are being manipulated through the markets and greenwashed into believing that the products we buy are good for the environment.
By reading “How to Read Literature like a Professor” and “The Kite Runner”, the reader is aided in his or her ability to understand the true meanings behind the text. One is able to decipher how the act of coming together to eat can mean anything from a simple meal with family, to an uncomfortable situation that leads to anger or stress in an individual character. The reader is able to understand the use of rain or other weather in a novel to transform the mood and tone of scene, or understand the cleansing or destructive qualities that weather may have on the overall plot of the story. The use of illness can be transformed, as it can lead to the reader discovering veiled means behind tuberculosis, cholera, a simple cold, or even cancers such
Could you imagine living in a world where you were in constant fear of being bombed, your brother was killed in battle and your best friend was taken away? It may seem harsh, but that’s exactly what happened in Carolyn Reeder’s historical fiction book, Foster’s War. In this book Foster’s brother, Mel, was killed in battle and Foster’s best friend, a Japanese, was taken to a concentration camp. On top of all that, Foster and the town he lives in, is in constant fear of being bombed, due to the fact that there are many aircraft manufacturers nearby. I believe that love can be broken, but not forgotten, because people can lose their loved ones or their relationship with them, but still remember the love that they once shared.
Foster's intended audience were college students or older people who returned to for an English major. As a matter of fact, two of the most interesting chapters are ... Or the Bible and A Test Case because they captured the eye of the reader seeing as one can detect the allusions to the bible in their previous reading and sympathize
Xander Carrasco Mrs. Mary Smith AP Literature 6 21 September 2017 How to Read Literature like a Professor The book, How to Read Literature like a Professor, was written by the well-known author, Thomas C. Foster, with a purpose to further educate readers who wish to better their understanding of literature and analysis strategies. Major focuses of Thomas C. Foster was to aid or train readers to recognize, patterns, symbolism, foreshadowing, etc. Throughout the work, Foster cites other pieces of fiction or classics in order to further his own arguments made on the approach of reading analysis.
This approach allows readers to appreciate the way literature reflects and shapes society. However, while “How to Read Literature like a Professor” offers valuable insights into the art of literary interpretation, works do have their drawbacks. Foster’s approach to literary analysis can be authoritative, reducing the complexity of a text, which may be good to understand, but it also can oversimplify its meaning. While Foster's book aims to make complex literary concepts accessible to readers of all levels, some critics argue that it may overlook the nuances of literary analysis. For example, Foster's discussion of symbolism and motifs may be overly general or reductive, failing to demonstrate the diverse interpretations and contexts.
The poet successfully illustrates the magnitude with which this disease can change its victim’s perspective about things and situations once familiar to
(Gilman 445). This impactful sentence proves to the audience that when the day for the woman to leave the room came, her sickness was now in full control of her mind and she embraced it. The personification used in the short story followed the reactions of how the ill
In order to create those fears, In How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Foster uses the example of the metaphorical “vampire” to represent the corrupted authority figure. Foster’s vampire is one who believes
The inner book challenges previous notions about reading and the psychology of it. In western societies there is a large amount of weight put on reading and reading analysis, but Bayard calls those notions into question. One never opens a book with a completely blank slate. When reading people always have some sort of basis for why they are reading that piece of work. Therefore the content of the book itself is rather irrelevant.
