"Ways of Seeing" by John Berger and Benjamin's piece is ultimately about the same thing-reproduction. They both talk about how reproduction changed how we see art. Benjamin stated that the reproduction of art was made for the mass culture and Berger makes it clear that because of how art is made now, it had taken away from it's original meaning.
From what I took in from the first chapter of "Coming to Terms," was that many writers, like myself, tend to just read something, but doesn't fully understand the true meaning of it or have an explanation why they used a particular piece. He then goes on to mention how we, as readers, need to read closer to comprehend the full effect of the piece. And as a result, we will get a better interpretation of the work.
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