Robert W. Service Poem Analysis

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The campfire is blazing and the frosty night air brings a bite to your nose. Huddled around the fire staring at the mesmerizing flames in variegated colors of blue, white and yellow, in a deep low voice you begin, “There are strange things done in the midnight sun by the men who toil for gold; The Artic trails have their secret tales that would make your blood run cold.” (1907/2015) This Robert W. Service poem has been memorized and for more than 100 years recited at our family camping trips imparting this chilling saga of the Cremation of Sam McGee with the next generation and has become a part of us as though it was our own reality. It is engrained not only in our mind, but etched on our soul. By just saying the first line is enough to transform you back to another time another …show more content…
Adler takes a different approach to seizing ownership of a book. His argument is to mark the book. He will tell you that “full ownership comes only when you have made it part of yourself, and the best way to make yourself a part of it is by writing in it.” (1940/2015, p 1) He is passionate about this undertaking enough that he provides you with a myriad of ways to accomplish this. He advises you to write in the margins (isn’t that what they are there for?), or circle key words and phrases. (1930/2015, p 3) Adler wants you to have a personal dialogue with the author. “Reading a book should be: a conversation between you and the author.” (1940/2015, p 3) In marking the book, this conversation leads you from just reading the pages. Mortimer Adler says that there is a “soul of a book that must be separated from its body.” ( 1940/2015, p 2) He candidly says, “marking a book is literally an expression of your differences, or agreements of opinion, with the author.” (1940/2015, p 3) The physical act of writing in a book invokes your mind and senses to retain what you are reading. You are creating that connection, something deep and personal, you are making it
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