How Not To Read Classic Children Literature

Reflection

From doing this algorithmic criticism, it allowed me to look at the text in a different, nontraditional literary way. These tools led me to patterns, that may have taken me longer to notice had I read the whole book. But I also think by not reading the book, hindered my ability to fully extrapolate as much data as I could have. While I know the general story of Peter and Wendy, I am not as aware of other important details that could have helped me understand the data more. Yet, from my limited understanding, I gained some knowledge about the characters and their relationship to each other, and also their relationship with the concept of time.

Overall, I believe that there is merit to algorithmic criticism, there are real data and analysis that can be derived from doing a project like this; however, I also think that this type of project also takes time. Time to become an expert with all the different algorithmic tools, and graphs, as well as time to sit down and input and analyze all that data. I can see how the convenience and efficiency of this program draws in curious eyes, but because of all the information overload-- and the time needed to establish this project--, it might also turn some people away.

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