Texts can produce various readings due to many factors. Two texts that have recently been studied are, "Stolen Car" by Archie Wellar, "Manhood" by John Wain, and "Through the Tunnel" by Doris Lessing. All these texts presented the reading that boys feel the need to be men. The various factors that produced the reading included, values and beliefs (ideologies), characters, and point of view. Other possible reads produced from the text can occur; this is because of the result of the various factors, such possible reading is that boys are forced to act like men, to be strong physically, or mentally.
The values and beliefs of the reader have a large part to play in the reading of the text. Depending on the ideologies of the reader, the reader can have an interpretation of the writings. Such examples from the text "Thought the Tunnel" are, "It was a torment to him to waste a day of his careful self-training...".…
