10/3/11 Reading Quiz REWRITE

Bolter is condemning the end of print text. He believes that print is the best way for the writer to produce a strong piece. He feels that authors today also affirm that printed text is still considered the highest form of writing, and he does not believe that electronic writing is better than print. Throughout his book, especially during this chapter, he acclaims that print is the highest form of writing for many. "Both as authors and readers, we still regard books and journals as the place to locate our most prestigious texts" (Bolter 3). If Bolter believes this to be true, he would not be in favor of the end of print text to come. Bolter also proclaims that the internet is open and available to all, but writing in a book is not. Authors still strive to achieve their books and writings in print. "Few authors today aspire to publish a first novel on the internet," (Bolter 3). This is true. Writers know how easy it is to put writing up on the internet, and they also know how hard it is for a writer to get published in print. Anyone can post anything online, but not everyone can get a book printed from a publisher. Because of these beliefs from Bolter, it would be hard to pronounce that he would be celebrating the end of print text and moving on to electronic writing.


Computers do not produce any homogeneity with reading or writing done on it. All readers are going to read differently, analyze contrastingly, and imagine what the reader is saying in opposing view points, so it becomes anything but homogeneous. Reading and understanding are going to vary per person, and the computer is not going to change that. "What unity there is in an electronic text derives from the perpetually shifting relationship among its verbal elements" (Bolter 12). By saying this, Bolter is saying that online text and comprehension of that text are not solely based on the computer; other factors are involved. Because of this, the computer cannot create a homogeneous piece of writing. Other factors including outside elements, the reader, and the imagination of each individual will constantly vary, and those said variations will create a heterogenous result. Electronic writing and printed text do not differ in this sense. They both inspire the reader to believe what they want to believe, and think what they want to think.