Essays on Between The Lines

During this course, I have learnt how to read and analyze different books, how to read between the lines. All the essays written during the course are important to me as each of them was a challenge. Writing my essays, I have learnt a lot of things, such as how to interpret literature, how to understand the author’s message and hints, and, of course, how to express my thoughts and emotions on the paper. I think that most of all I like my Kindred essay. I believe it happened not only because I deeply analyzed it and fully understand the ...

Mortimer Jerome Adler through his essay, “How to Mark a Book” is trying to convey the message that real owners of books are the ones who utilize a variety of bookmarks that help develop a better insight of the book. He explains that competent reading is done when one is able to “read and write between the lines”. Moreover, Adler emphasizes on the point that books in your possession should be used entirely, but if they are borrowed instead of purchased should be kept clean and unmarked. Merely purchasing does not show full possession of the book, or having a library at home ...

" A great book, rich in ideas and beauty, a book that raises and tries to answer great fundamental questions, demands the most active reading of which you are capable " (Adler 269). These are Adler’s statement in his book, How to Mark a book while stressing on being active while reading a book by writing between the lines. There has been an argument that Adler’s proposition of how to mark a book is irrelevant due to the introduction of new forms of educational media. I completely agree with Adler’s proposition of marking up a book because it helps the reader to understand ...