The author comments on the structure and the different types of information in the essay. The author sees contrasting styles in Oliver Sacks's essay and compares them.

The author also talks about his own experience in reading.

The author takes a singular experience and connects it to a more general action. What might be said about the particular act (Knut's generosity with his monocular)? What might be said about the general case? How much does this particular fit the general? What more can be learned?

The author supports her alternative with thoughtful analysis.

The author uses the text to make a general statement about Sacks's vision of the island. This evidence supports the idea that the island is an enchanted, beautiful place where people coexist in harmony. The use of unearthly and pure voices carries the metaphor of harmony.

Again, we can be generous to Sacks and accept his vision. What can be learned from this approach? What does his view of the people make us think and feel?

And we might be critical or doubt his idea. Where does this idea of the island as "a place of enchantment" fall flat? How does this idea reveal limitations or problems with Sacks as a writer? An outside observer?

The author is critical of the writer's choices.

What might happen if the author weighed both sides of the author's choice?

1. Why might Sacks decide to give it this name? How does the name affect the reader? What does the name reveal about Sacks?

2. Why might the name be inappropriate? What are alternatives? Why are these alternatives better? What do these alternatives reveal about the author?

The author is thinking on paper. Entertaining ideas and then looking at them more carefully.

Qualifying the conditions makes this song heartbreaking. It sounds like such a strong statement until the final line.

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