"Paranoid reading is a method of critical practice that approaches a work from a defensive position. It anticipates bad actors and maliciousness, seeking out clues for them. Reparative reading, on the other hand, searches for the positive and seeks to repair and reinterpret conventionally problematic pieces of literature, highlighting its positive value without necessarily attributing this to the author. For example, paranoid reading would see Slumdog Millionaire as a colonialist mispresentation, whereas reparative reading would see it as an attempt to highlight and resolve social ills in India."