In “How to Read Like a Writer,” Mike Bunn states that the most important part of reading is to find the writers technique of writing. He begins by saying in order to understand the meaning of “How toRead Like a Writer,” is to identify the choices of the writer and if the techniques that is used is one you want to use yourself. Bunn continues to say that instead of obtaining the context you should find how the writer pieced the work together. Bunn brought up a poet named Allen Tate who says that there are two different ways of reading.
On the twelfth page of his paper, he references Plato’s Phaedrus, stating that “Socrates bemoaned the development of writing. He feared that, as people came to rely on the written word as a substitute for the knowledge they used to carry inside their heads, they would.... ‘cease to exercise their memory and become forgetful’” (Carr 12). By mentioning this simplified example, Carr is able to assist readers in realizing that avoiding the use of our brains will in turn weaken them.
Within Blink, writer Malcolm Gladwell explores the psychology of snap decisions and quick thinking. He illuminates how our subconscious biases affect the way we think and behave. He concludes that we shouldn't always rely on our snap judgments. Jumping to a quick conclusion based on first thought or opinion could be good, but also could be completely wrong. Throughout the story Gladwell uses certain cases in, “Blink”, to demonstrate how someone's inner self or subconscious effects his or her decisions.
During Beau Lotto's Ted Talk, Optical Illusions Show How we See, he discusses how the eyes detect light differently than how it actually is. His purpose for having the speech is to teach about that subject. He explains how what we see isn’t just based off of the color of an object but the illumination given off by it as well as other objects around it. So, our sensory information is essentially meaningless. We can see a physically identical object, but if it is interrupted by another form of illumination, how we see can be completely changed.
For example, individual thoughts led Faber to the conclusion that “Those who don’t build must burn.” (Pg. 85) This shows that when Faber thought about censorship, he was able to detect it and prevent himself from believing it. Faber’s thoughts made him conclude that censorship is demolishing the world. In addition, individual thoughts made Montag conclude that "There must be something in books, things we can't imagine” after a woman burned herself with her books.
“Reading...is not an instinctive skill for human beings. It’s not etched into our genes the way speech is” (Carr 238). In this Carr is discussing the ways in which humans learn. The book is an “anomaly” in the fact that it cannot be changed easily, and is not fluid like human society (Batson 259). Batson discusses how books are credited to one or two authors, but the authors themselves have been shaped by the people around them,
Dr. Derek Cabrera’s thought on metacognition, human and education is absorbing. He shares perspectives on four universal thinking skills: Distinctions; “Systems; Relationships; and Perspectives (DSRP)” that should be taught in learning institutions. Dr. Cabrera states, “Thinking is simply a process of structuring information and doing something meaningful with it.” Dr. Cabrera also argues that people lack critical analytical thinking, great at school work, but not real life situation. Education needs to be fixed from the bottom up; that can be accomplished by teaching thinking skills.
Using imagery and details Olds describes both strangers in detail and develops a contrast between the two. Olds uses imagery to develop a contrast in race when she describes the two stranger’s skin color.
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking is Malcolm Gladwell’s second book. It was first published in 2005 and explores connections between psychological and neurological research and human intuition. Through various anecdotes and detailed examples Gladwell uses Blink to explore how someone’s subconscious affects their decisions. Especially when it comes to quick judgments.
Some traditions can be seen as a way of comfort and a way of bringing the family together, and in some circumstances it might ruin someone's life. In the novel, Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel, it reveals family conflict about traditions, and how it can cause a person to become captive. Tita, the youngest daughter of Mama Elena, is unwillingly following a tradition that doesn’t allow her to marry and to serve her mother until she dies. Pedro is Tita’s lover and they wish to marry, but Mama Elena opposes it. Then Mama Elena introduces Tita’s older sister, Rosaura, who is free.
This paper will address the on the behaviors that people (individually and as a whole) will do when they are forced to question
Throughout the collection Arguing about the Mind, Alvin Goldman discusses science, publicity, and consciousness. However, his primary argument is that introspection can be used as a method for scientific evidence in psychology. Introspection is defined as the examination or observation of one's own mental and emotional processes. Daniel Dennett agrees with Goldman in many ways except for two main arguments. Throughout this essay, I will discuss Goldman’s and Dennett’s individual point of views and which concept is superior in the world of science, psychology, and philosophy.
When you must do the sense-making, you learn better.? Even Irish novelist
In the movie “12 Angry Men”, various Ways of Knowing are identified by the TOK course such as emotions, perception and reason. The film demonstrates the role that emotion plays in the aim of knowledge, if we can truly trust our sense to perceive what the world really is, and is arguing through reasoning significant? Emotion plays a role in the search for the truth whether it is the aim for new knowledge or the jury’s search for a solution in the case. “12 Angry Men” displays how emotions can aid our judgment. When the juror’s expressed outrage, it was because they had heard something that they didn’t approve of therefore, they expressed an emotion that reflected their opinion.
I agree with Green in that statement, he is saying that by reading we can understand others thinking and their thought processes
