convergences

In convergences I liked how they directly jumped into the books contents right away in the introduction. They immediately dissected how we read, understand, and respond to material that we read and see. It puts so much more into our opinions of things. A lot of the time we can form a response to a piece of material without actually knowing why we have that opinion, and we have nothing to back it up. This first section of convergences really made me think about my responses to things I view. I enjoyed a lot of the books set up and approach to the subject at hand. One of the things I liked was how they give examples of material and directly point out the process that was taken in each to prove their point. I also like how the book is generally set up, divided into sections to overall evaluate how we respond to things. I really feel like it challenges us to to put thought into things that we normally wouldn’t have given much acknowledgment to. In general I have a pretty good first impression of this book. I think it is really going to benefit how I perceive all sorts of things like books, photographs, or a movie. In the long run I really think it will help us as college students and adults in improving our reasoning behind our opinions and becoming more knowledgeable in the things that we write and the things that we respond to.