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Haughton: Am I A Gryphon Or A Queen? - College Essay

Haughton: Am I A Gryphon Or A Queen?

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Hmm, what do I consider myself? A Gryphon or a Queen? I slightly agree with Hugh Haughton's view on the two categories. Hold up, but first I have a question. What is the deal with this Gryphon and Queen nonsense? A reference to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland maybe? Or is it just a Critic's random word choice? OK back to my point. Of course there are many types of readers in this world, and my opinion is that there are probably too many types of readers to even have categories. Everyone in this world is unique in their own way when it comes to performing a task. Some people take their reading real slow, reading a page then reading it over again. Then there are the kinds of ...

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Queens, the type who like to sit down and analyze the complete meaning of a book, ripping it apart page by page until they come into this complete feeling of self-actualization. Anyway, there are so many more types of reading styles out there, so many combinations. So the answer to the question as whether I am a Gryphon or a Queen, I would say neither but I'll go with the nearest. I am a Gryphon of sorts I presume.
According to Haughton's definitions of readers I would have to say that my style of reading mostly resembles that of the Gryphon. To start off with I really do not like the whole idea of reading to begin with. Whenever I start reading a book I sit there and really just cant get into the whole reading thing. My mind for some reason just pretty much blocks out everything. I can sit there and read a whole page and get nothing out of it. I always end up having to read the same page maybe once or twice over. I really can’t explain it at all. I think my mind ...

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Added: 11/3/2008 12:59:35 PM
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