How Long to Read On the Subject of Walruses...

How Long Does it Take to Read On the Subject of Walruses...?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 56 minutes to read On the Subject of Walruses... by Gold Key Winners of DC Scholastic Writing Awards Staff

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

"BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN?" This is the question you will hear tossed around any high school English classroom when analyzing a piece of literature. And when I say "tossed around," I mean this question is always chucked at the teacher like a pound of raw meat in a desperate attempt to extort the answer, as if there is a single answer, as if there has to be one.I went to a poetry seminar once where we tried to define poetry. Actually, every poetry seminar or writing class I have ever attended started with an exercise where we tried to define poetry. Of course, the meaning of the exercise is to prove to us that we cannot define poetry, we can only experience it. However, at this particular workshop, we arrived at a sort of consensus, not a definition per se, but a description of poetry, a diagram that seemed to fit."It's three quarters of a complete circle," said a thin boy from Boston as he drew the gentle cup-shape on the chalkboard. "That's how I think of poetry."I've found that diagram particularly apt for describing not only poetry but all writing and all artistic expression. The essence of the "three-quarter circle" is the idea that the audience must be given room for interpretation, space to make that jump from one edge of the circle to the other in the way that is most meaningful to them. If the meaning of the piece is too obvious, the circle is complete and the audience cannot relate to it. If the meaning is too obscure, the circle more closely resembles an arc and the audience cannot reach that essential destination. Truly beautiful or compelling art strikes somewhere in between.Of course, all of this is terribly unhelpful if you are trying to analyze one of Shakespeare's sonnets in English class. The answer to the burning question is that there is no answer. There is no short pithy phrase that can encapsulate all that fits into that space in the circle. This collection emerged from the emerging voices of DC area teen writers and ranges from depicting failed relationships to world travel, grief to self-discovery, the painfully realistic to the utterly absurd. The truth is, however, that the real world is absurd. And while we're on the subject of absurdity, let's talk about walruses... Ruthie Prillaman12th Grade, Richard Montgomery High School

How long is On the Subject of Walruses...?

On the Subject of Walruses... by Gold Key Winners of DC Scholastic Writing Awards Staff is 174 pages long, and a total of 44,196 words.

This makes it 59% the length of the average book. It also has 54% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read On the Subject of Walruses... Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 1 minute to read On the Subject of Walruses... aloud.

What Reading Level is On the Subject of Walruses...?

On the Subject of Walruses... is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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