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... people produce different interpretations of a text. According to Durrant and Fabb in 'Literary Studies in Action' (1990, Chapter 7), the act of reading involves the reader in decoding the text and drawing on a multitude of inferences. For example, the first three lines, taken from 'The Bluest Eye' (Toni Morrison) might be interpreted in several ways: "Here is the house. It is green and white. It has a red door. It is very pretty. Here is the family. Mother, Father, Dick and Jane live in a green and white house. They are very happy." The reader, in the first instance, is baffled perhaps due to the style of the writing, which is usually used in children's books. S(he) might decide to put down the book and discontinue reading, thinking it irrelevant to his/her age group. The text does not inform the reader who is speaking and therefore s(he) may attribute ...