I never hated reading, it's just that I didn't get the point of it. What are we even doing here and why?

What's the point? Math has clear purpose. I do enjoy some books. I just didn't get the point of studying them beyond reading. Why are they babbling about ? Is there any use for this information or is it just a torture in memorization? Why would I ever care about all these abstract literature terms?

Ironically they missed telling the meta story: why would anyone care about stories.

If stories are just something you read for fun, why would anyone care to teach me how to analyze them?

EDIT: To be clear, these were the questions that weren't answered back then.

Only now, years later with life experience the purpose is clear.