Close Reader

Close reading is the ability to read text of some sort and depict the internal meaning from the external meaning. The purpose of close reading is to fully understand a text in it's entirely whether it be internally and externally. I am learning by doing close reading. I am learning that it is very easy to miss the meaning of a text if you do not read it in the proper context. I rediscovered a part of me that I had not thought about in a long time. I remember being an impressionable young lady who gravitated towards people and forms of media that was similar to my upbringing. Little Women was a positive outlook on females and I was surrounded by positive female images so naturally it was interesting to me.