Did you like the "Myth I Believed" feature of the book?
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Re: Did you like the "Myth I Believed" feature of the book?
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I agree. The feature is important to the overall structure of each story.Sahani Nimandra wrote: ↑28 Jan 2018, 09:43 Actually yes, this feature enables us to know what he believed before and what experience he gained that changed his opinion and belief.
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That said, the myths and truths could have been more pithy, succinct, or word-smithed. I would have liked more punch in the myth and truth statements.
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Your learning in this book is brilliant. We can easily relate to the myth because it happens in different setting not just like the way Rob experienced it.jaylperry wrote: ↑29 Jan 2018, 11:11 I did like the "myth I believed" feature of the book. I found I could identify more with the myths in the book than with the specific life experiences of the author. The "myth/truth" function universalized the book and made it more widely applicable to a greater audience.
That said, the myths and truths could have been more pithy, succinct, or word-smithed. I would have liked more punch in the myth and truth statements.
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However, it then became a bit much in later chapters and felt somewhat tedious, even forced on some occasions.
It is simultaneously helpful to have a pattern for ease of learning and remembering, and unhelpful if the same pattern rules the book and forces some of the learning.
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Actually I don't feel like reading it but at certain point of my reading I come across some interesting part which got me inspired to reach through it
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