THE FIRST STAGE OF ANALYTICAL READING, OR RULES FOR FINDING WHAT A BOOK IS ABOUT 1. Classify the book according to kind and subject matter.
There are four basic questions to ask a book.
the first question is what a book is about. To answer that question you must Classify andn identify the book. Two youb must state the unity of the plot simply. Three you must outline the parts in relation to the whole. And four you must define the authors problem.
