Throughout completing blog entries, I have not only learned about my learning strengths, but I have also discovered some traits about myself that I didn’t even know existed. While reading “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” I was immersed in a world very new and different to me, at first, I hated the change, but I came around quickly after. It seemed like every time I had opened the book, there was a new excuse as to why I didn’t like it. The words didn’t make sense, or this part of the story is boring; there were too many excuses. Soon after however, I changed. I began to see deeper meaning in what Robert Louis Stevenson was saying in his personal writing style, much different from what we would talk and write with today. As for the boring or down parts of the novel, I realized that these were the backbone to the novel; the frame story. These scenes were needed in order to set up the conclusion and other scenes that would happen in the near future of the story. As soon as I let myself adapt to how this story was written, I found it much more entertaining to read and complete responses on. No longer was I putting the blame on small things. This book has changed me for the better in many ways, both learning knowledge and learning about myself. I had no idea that it would be as powerful a novel as it is, and no longer will I judge a book by its cover.
What was responsible for your change of attitude? It is wise to know that being confused by a book is not at all the same thing as being bored by it. One of the hallmarks of a mature reader of any kind of text is being able to persist long enough to allow understanding to break through confusion, which will often then lead to appreciation. It would seem you had this experience.
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