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After reading Birkerts' essay entitled "The Owl Has Flown," I have a better understanding of his views concerning the distinction of reading styles. He makes it evident that reading styles have varied for hundreds of years and they are still being used today. In developing my own conclusion as to the meaning of "intensive and extensive reading" along with "vertical and horizontal reading," several thoughts came to mind. For example, I interpreted Birkerts' definition of "intensive reading" as a form of reading in which the reader is deeply focused on consuming information based on one topic and the information he or she