I was thinking, how, after last Monday's class, we came to the conclusion that "A Study of Reading Habits" was an ironic title because the speaker apparently did not possess any notable literary skills. Even so, one could surmise that the speaker lived his life through reading, despite being unable to obtain any significance from doing so. "Reading" has a dual meaning. We are allowed a peek into the speaker's lifestyle or "reading habits", however flawed they might be. In essence, we could substitute "reading" with "life" because reading was basically the way the speaker lived his life.
And what about his "inch thick specs"? Excessive reading would be the most obvious cause that readers would attribute to this affliction. However, I believe that "inch thick specs" alludes to the fact that the speaker looks at the world through rose colored glasses. He does not see things as they really are because he is involved too deeply in his dreamworld.
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