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https://ihavebook.org/books/download/pdf/7628/the-diving-bell-and-the-butterfly.pdf

The diving bell’s book
Essay Three on The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Due date: 11/21/15
Type of Essay: Reader Response (see Literature, 1575-1577)
Thesis: Your thesis will be one of revelation, what was revealed to you by applying the reader-response method? What did you become aware of? This not only relate to certain conditions, people or events referenced in the novel but also your own attitudes, beliefs and, ultimately, way of reading. What did you learn from the book and about yourself as you applied this method?
Sources: Do some research into the 2 (two) sources mentioned below. Include their explanations of reader response criticism and your thoughts on their methods. You will occasionally reference them as you respond to some passages from Bauby’s book, passages that you found particularly intriguing, mystifying, distasteful…you pick the adjectives. Just don’t use “great” “huge” “incredible tragedy” and the like.
MLA in-text citation. Works Cited page with three sources (the two below and Bauby). Do not use any other sources.
Read Actively: The type of reader response essay is explained by Robert DiYanni on page 1576-1577, primarily. Two of the proponents of this type of criticism that he mentions, Wolfgang Iser and Rosenblatt, believe, as do I, that a too subjective approach to reading will result in mostly mere expression, emotive, personal reactions rather than literary appreciation. Iser says we make sense of a text over time, and so it is that he wants us to almost constantly respond to various aspects of the reading as we read, questioning, making connections between words, images, references and idea, drawing inferences once we have enough evidence to go on. Rosenblatt emphasizes as well the value of the reader’s imagination, and so he encourages readers to record what they are seeing, hearing, or in other words, imagining as they read. This critical interaction between the writer and reader is almost magical and is, in Rosenblatt’s words, an inspirational and enlightening experience.
Meaning, for both of these critics, is not finite. Instead, there are multiple potential meanings. You and I have worked on this idea together as you have been reading my book, Making Sense. I believe you can imagine writing an inductive response essay that tracks some of the realizations you came to as you read The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. As you read the book, you gradually started to…….? As you continued, …..Soon, you also became aware of….You saw a connection between….You wondered why you were reacting like this….
Writing like this can become too subjective, so make sure to go ahead and let yourself free write, yes, but then pare it down so readers will get something out of it. Don’t forget your readers!
So, as you write, you will include analysis, yes, and your interpretations (hopefully they are pretty reasonable). You will also include acknowledgement of any difficulties you became aware, your own difficulties, barriers, biases or beliefs that may have slanted your understanding of what the author was saying or meaning, how he was feeling, what he valued and why. You will have to be honest about your “barriers,” as Making Sense Chapter One calls them