It is said that reading a book or a novel can have more influence on its readers more than anything; through reading, readers can experience new things and learn different ideas. These experiences and ideas will be very different depending on each individual who reads the literature. For example, reading a bible is like a reading a history book for me since I am not Christian, however, to people who are Christian will bestow different meanings and interpretations to the Bible. Am I wrong or stupid to have this kind of interpretation? According to reader response criticism, each person's response is mattered; since readers actively create meaning in texts, guided by certain goals and rules that may be personal, or shared with other members of a community. (Lynn 18) Without readers, it seems safe to say, there would be little reason to talk about literature; it is the reader who brings the text to life, who gives it meaning. Otherwise, it's just black marks on a white page.(Lynn 17) In addition to that, reader response criticism considers each individual's response important because any particular response may help another reader to a more interesting experience of the text.
             There is an old saying in Korea 'A frog in a well.' This proverb means that a frog in a well may think that it knows everything because it can only see what is inside of the well. It will never know and learn what is outside of the well meaning the world if it decides to stay in the well for its whole life. It is more likely that one can become a frog in a well if he or she decides to hold onto his or her opinion and ideas and not pay attention to what others may have to say. It is much easier to think of one's own opinion as the one and only right answer. Bliech and Rosenblatt state that, the reader ought not simply respond and move on. Rather, the reader shares a response, and considers the responses of othe
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