Summary Of The Few And The Many
This is a very interesting and thought-provoking book. It shows how different people approach the various types of books they read. Lewis’s experiment was to observe the various types of readers and how they would read a book.
He categorizes the types of readers into two groups – “The Few” and “The Many” and summaries four vast differences between them. He explains that “the many” never read anything more than once and they turn to reading as a last resource. “Those who read great works, on the other hand, will read the same work ten, twenty or thirty times during their course of their life.” (Lewis 2) He also describes how readers use and appreciate pictures and music. Furthermore, he explains the types of events unliterary readers enjoy.
He categorizes the types of readers into two groups – “The Few” and “The Many” and summaries four vast differences between them. He explains that “the many” never read anything more than once and they turn to reading as a last resource. “Those who read great works, on the other hand, will read the same work ten, twenty or thirty times during their course of their life.” (Lewis 2) He also describes how readers use and appreciate pictures and music. Furthermore, he explains the types of events unliterary readers enjoy.