Good Readers and Good Writers- Thesis

The thesis in "Good Readers and Good Writers" by Vladimir Nabokov is "My course among other things is a kind of detective investigation" (1). This thesis is located, like many others, in the first sentence. This sentence is the thesis of the essay because it relates to the information given in the body paragraphs later on. Vladimir Nabokov had to "investigate"several books in order to form his generalizations which were presented in his essay. For example, Vladimir wrote that to be a good reader, a person should have imagination, memory, a dictionary, and some artistic sense. In addition, he also wrote that a good writer combines the roles of storyteller and teacher as well as the most important role- enchanter (4). It is noticeable that in order for Vladimir Nabokov to have been able to reach these conclusions, he had to pay close attention to and "study" several books. It is this realization which reflects back to the thesis in the beginning of the essay. I think that the thesis from "Good Readers and Good Writers is explicit. One reason for this is that it is stated in the first sentence of the essay, so the reader does not have to search for it. Also, after reading the body paragraphs, they seem to compliment that statement well.

Navokov, Vladimir. Good Readers and Good Writers. 1948. Web. July-Aug. 2011.