Post0411

One of the relieving things about reading is that it removes some of the responsibility from the reader's back for the ideas being read. A reader need not take responsibility for or actively critique the ideas he or she reads. The ideas presented in writing need not even be actively developed in the reader's mind, but sometimes they begin to develop of their own accord. For example, a reader may ponder how a certain character would act if presented in a certain situation or the reader may relate a character in the novel to themselves or a person the reader knows in his or her own life. If ideas develop of their own accord within the reader's head, they need not be committed or refined or exposed to other readers.