#6 Theory Toolbox

This book is really interesting in the fact that it deals with things in a more abstract way. Instead of telling the reader what to think like a textbook would it allows the reader to take the information and be lead where they want to be lead. I really like the way that chapter 2 Author/ity discusses the way that it isn't always the author that dictats the way a person views a book. I like that you can read a book and have a theory that is completely different from everyone elses, and it can still be considered valid. The most amazing part of reading a book is getting new meaning out of it that hasn't been discussed before.

I do understand that not all opinions are as valid as others, and that it was addressed was nice. Sometimes people say that every opinion is valid, but a person really needs some facts to back up an opinion before it's truly valid. The best ideas are ones that have some great facts to back up the information instead of just being made on vague ideas and concepts that have no proof. Not every idea is valid, but the ones that are can be very different.

The opinions of the reader don't always have to follow the author either. The author might have had an idea for how the book would go, but that doesn't mean that the reader is aware of that. Everything that the author worked towards can be completely put aside by the reader, because the author isn't there to dictate what they should believe. Especially after death the author has no control over what happens to his work. It's the scariest and most amazing part of reading, because you never know what you're supposed to think, but only what you hope is the most logical and rational inturpretation.