'How To Mark A Book' By Mortimer J. Adler

240 Words1 Pages
The article "How To Mark A Book" by Mortimer J. Adler is apparently a paper focused on persuasion. The writer stated multiple times throughout the piece that his intent was to teach readers how to "own" a book in a way that would make one's reading experiences more personalized to themselves. Adler believed in isolated, interactive reading methods which excluded others from his private relationships with his books, according to his published notes. I thought that there were some useful methods introduced in the article for better organizing your books, themes and references, but it seemed that Adler discussed more about reasons why people might prefer to avoid marking their books and trying to overcome that resistance. The methods that Adler