Reflect more generally on how you tend to interpret observational writing, your own as well as other writers’. Consider some of the following questions: In reading for meaning, do you find yourself...

Reflect more generally on how you tend to interpret observational writing, your own as well as other writers’. Consider some of the following questions: In reading for meaning, do you find yourself paying attention to larger cultural or social contexts — for example, thinking of the subject in terms of gender, ethnicity, or class? How do you think the writer’s perspective influenced how you saw the subject?