How to get Through English Literature

Becoming acquainted with classic books can be one of the most rewarding ventures possible for your mind. However, these often bulky tomes can be quite intimidating. What I advise, even if you cannot sit for hours on end and thoroughly digest the book you are assigned to read, is to make a determined proxy effort via Cliff Notes. Many people will rant and rave about how AWESOME it is to sit down in a cafe, or on the beach, and just read a book. To put yourself in the intricately painted scenarios, to stand side by side with a character as the writer’s world congeals and whips around him/her, to cherish every word of a genius, world class author… But not everyone is cut out for long reading sessions that require absolute focus, concentration and sitting still (at least in body). So the natural reaction is to reject and resent the advice to really ‘feel’ the book and let it sink in- this is what gives the liberal arts the fairy rap that it has. Well, I am telling you that those feelings are REAL and that you can get much the same feeling for the text by reading cliff notes. Your feeling and sense of the text is what will allow you to come up with a good paper topic. Your thesis should be somewhat creative, but not off the wall crazy, and should be logical and well ordered. But your inspiration to write a good thesis has to come from the feelings you distill over the reading of a long text. If you can’t actually sit and read it, at least get a feel for the plot, characters and the majesty of the story from a good summary like Cliff Notes. This article was written by the Editor in Chief at www.goodtermpaper.com