In the essay, "Good Readers and Good Writers", the author's tone or Vladimir Nabokov's tone towards the subject is very informative. Vladimir Nabokov uses numerous examples, personal opinions, and also educating facts to help his readers see and understand his teachings. For instance, to inform his readers of the importance of "seeing the world as the potentiality of fiction" (Nabokov, page 1, paragraph 6) and "to form the natural objects it contains" (Nabokov, page 1, paragraph 6), he lists a large range of examples to show what he means. Some of these examples include: "Those berries are edible", "That mist is a mountain and that mountain must be conquered", "Up a trackless slope climbs the master artist , and at the top on a windy ridge, whom do you think he meets?" (Nabokov, page 2, paragraph 1). He then continues to inform you of what he personally defines a good reader. Some things Nabokov says a reader should have include: imagination, a dictionary, and some artistic sense. Throughout the entire essay, Nabokov continues to inform the reader of helpful information. Although I think it is important for this kind of essay to be informative, I think he could have improved his tone by adding some humor into the essay. Sometimes reading an essay with a lot of information and educating facts can be dry. Humor was unfortunately not part of Nabokov's tone; the essay was simply informative.
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, and Fredson Bowers. Lectures on Literature. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. Print.
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