Question 1: I've been thinking about the typology of questions for reader response that Mizokawa and Hansen-Krening describe on page 77 of their article. I notice that when I talk to my friends or my teachers/students about books I'm reading, I find it really easy to talk about "what I feel" (simplest) and "How I am 'triggered' morally, socially, civically by what I read" (most complex). But I don't think I usually spend time thinking about the questions in the middle (i.e., What is it in me than evokes this response? Could the events be changed? Should they be changed)...... is this true for everyone else?
I agree....but I don't think it's a bad thing, but definitely something to recognize. Everyone will connect to a book in different ways, just like if we all looked at a photograph and depending on our experiences with the image, have different feelings. I think it's interesting to think about, how our emotional baggage and experiences triggers how we feel towards characters, settings, and conflicts...I think when we recognize "Oh that's why I felt that way!" that's when we can start to better understand others and let go of some our own biases...
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