"Good Readers and Good Writers" #7

The author of an essay or a novel has a lot of authority. It all starts with decision making. The author gets to choose what he wants to put in his essay. He can choose on the thesis, the climax, the plot, the characters, the setting, and even more than that. For the point of view of the essay Nabokov decided to use first person. This means that he talks about himself and uses words such as I, me, my, and mine. One important decision that there is to be made by the author is the thesis. The thesis is pretty much the whole essay or novel wrapped up in one sentence. This is in the introduction so the reader knows what is ahead of them. The most important thing that the author has authority of is the plot. The plot is the plan of the essay, or what it consists of. If the author did not have this kind of authority, there would be no essay or novel. So Nabokov's decision of the plot was to write an essay that informed the readers about the skills of reading and writing. The author has a huge authority when it comes to writing, and that means making huge decisions.