[How to Read a Book] 11일차

 

Though, stictly speaking, there can be no absolutely passive reading, many people think that, as compared with writing and speaking, which are obviously active undertakings, reading and listening are entirely passive.

 

The writer or speaker must put out some effort, but no work need be done by the reader or listener.

 

Reading and listening are thought of as receiving communication from someone who is actively engaged in giving or sending it.

 

The mistake here is to suppose that receiving communication is like receving a blow or legacy or a judgment from the court.

 

On the contrary, the reader or listener is much more like the catcher in a game of baseball.