Good Readers and Good Writers

 Nabokov believe that a good reader is "someone that has imagination, memory, a dictionary and some artistic sense." (Good readers and Good writers, Vladimir Nabokov pg.  615) I would have to agree with Nabokov on this. Someone with all these characteristics, is able to fully understand readings. Being able to use your imagination with definitions of words and adding some personal artistic sense into the reading will broaden your knowledge and understanding of what the writer is trying to present. Another key point Nabokov made was that a good reader, is a re-reader. Rereading is a chance to really open the readers eyes and take out more information then they did reading it the first time. I can relate to this rereading idea, because there has been numerous times when i found more detailed answers to my questions in the text and even times when i found errors in my own writing. 
I believe for someone to be a good reader, they must really get into the text and visualize every line. Having some type of background information on what you are reading helps better prepare your mind, of what it's about to read. Reading aloud is something i like to use when I'm reading more difficult text. i do believe i am a good reader, but they're times when i can get lost in my own imagination. 

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