我解释说，想象力的大多数伟大作品都是为了使您在家里感觉像个陌生人。最好的小说总是迫使我们质疑我们认为是理所当然的。当他们看起来太不可变时，它质疑传统和期望。我告诉我的学生，我希望他们在阅读中考虑这些作品使他们有些不安，使他们有些不安，使他们环顾四周，并通过不同的眼睛来考虑世界，例如爱丽丝的仙境。
(I explained that most great works of the imagination were meant to make you feel like a stranger in your own home. The best fiction always forced us to question what we took for granted. It questioned traditions and expectations when they seemed too immutable. I told my students I wanted them in their readings to consider in what ways these works unsettled them, made them a little uneasy, made them look around and consider the world, like Alice in Wonderland, through different eyes.)
阿扎尔·纳菲西（Azar Nafisi）在“在德黑兰阅读洛丽塔（Lolita）”中强调了文学的变革力量。她认为，伟大的文学作品挑战了读者对自己现实的看法，即使在熟悉的环境中也会产生疏远感。通过质疑深厚的传统和社会规范，小说鼓励个人重新考虑自己的信念和假设。纳菲西（Nafisi）鼓励她的学生接受这种不适，作为阅读经历的关键部分。
纳菲西（Nafisi）与“爱丽丝梦游仙境”（Alice In Wonderland）相似，说明了文学如何提供新的观点和见解。她敦促学生反思这些叙事如何使他们对世界的理解感到不安，并激发他们的观察。最终，她倡导一种阅读该方法的方法，重视内省和批判性思想，使文学成为个人和社会探索的强大工具。