A Study Of Reading Habbits By Phillip Larkin. Discuss the methods used by Phillip Larkin to self dellude himself.

"A Study of Reading Hapits"
A 'study of reading hapits' by Phillip Larkin explores an indivduals capacity for self delusion. Larkin's persona changes his self delusion through out the poem which is divided into 3 stanzas. He delibreratly tries not to be himself and more like a charchter from one of the books he is reading.
Larkin enters a world of self delusion becuase he doesn't want to face up to reality. His reality is bleak and books, "cure most things short of school", (stanza 1 line 2). At School he is being bullied and therefore he doesn't like the person he is. The books he reads…