Prompt #2

I sometimes find myself rereading novels and passages but not necessarily for the same reasons.  Typically it depends on why I am reading the material. For one, I may have been thinking of something else the entire time I was reading a passage and not have comprehended what I just read. More commonly, I might not have understood what it was that I just read due to the passages diction or the complicated and complex flow.  I generically only do this for assignments given in class or for grading since they are intended to escalate my reading skills and further my education. By rereading them there is a chance that I will understand them better and will have a better chance of following their flow.  Thomas Foster discusses this in his book How to Read Literature Like a Professor.  Rereading gives the reader a chance to take something else away that they might not have picked up on the first time through and helps to strengthen understanding.  As I have previously said, I reread for these purposes and reasons but not necessarily for them exclusively.  Similar to watching a movie or show again, I sometimes reread a novel or short story just because I enjoyed it or want to trace elements like symbols and foreshadowing throughout the entire work.  By doing this I will hopefully find something new that blows my mind that I did not pick up on during my first time reading.  Obviously I don’t reread just to do it.  It always has a function in some way or another.