Chapter 5: How to Be a Demanding Reader This chapter, between inspectional reading and analytical, seems to be mostly an encouraging aside, to motivate the reader to continue and learn the more difficult aspects of active reading. Adler and Van Doren begin by contrasting people who read for relaxation with those who read for self-improvement. The seeker after understanding, they suggest, maintained focus and intensity because "it made a difference to them, a great difference, whether or not they read the book they had in hand." This statement for the first time leads to an acknowledgement that the
How to Read a Book, Chapter 5
How to Read a Book, Chapter 5
How to Read a Book, Chapter 5
Chapter 5: How to Be a Demanding Reader This chapter, between inspectional reading and analytical, seems to be mostly an encouraging aside, to motivate the reader to continue and learn the more difficult aspects of active reading. Adler and Van Doren begin by contrasting people who read for relaxation with those who read for self-improvement. The seeker after understanding, they suggest, maintained focus and intensity because "it made a difference to them, a great difference, whether or not they read the book they had in hand." This statement for the first time leads to an acknowledgement that the