insights that I learned from How to Read Literature Like a Professor are to look at the character’s internal reasons for completing a task‚ note the authors word choice in figurative language‚ and look for a deeper meaning tied to the setting or an image that the author is creating. The first insight was given in chapter one of How to Read Literature Like a Professor; “The real reason for a quest is always self-knowledge” (3). This piece of information was very useful as I read the section of “Winter in
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster has shown me how to reach true understanding in my future reading of literature and has helped me to reach a new depth in works of literature I have already analyzed. Swimming‚ seasons‚ weather and diseases have all taken on more than simply a set scene. Abuse of power over youth or the uneducated is more noticeable. The use of irony is more noticeable. This book has armed me with the ability to recognize political meaning within literary
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The primary virtue of How to Read Literature Like a Professor is it’s "duh’ factor. Take this trick question: In a lake‚ there are a patch of lilies‚ which double in size every day. If this patch of lilies take 48 days to cover the entire lake‚ how many days would it take for the patch to cover the entire lake? Maybe you think you know the answer. Maybe you have no clue. But then you hear the answer. That it takes 47 days for the lilies to cover half of the pond. It’s that feeling - that the knowledge
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Jania Grant Ms. Lisa Myers 10th Grade Honors Literature 14 August 2013 Almost everyone in their lifetime has either observed or read stories similar to those comparable to Star Wars‚ Huckleberry Finn‚ or even North by Northwest. These are stories of a quest‚ or voyage of discovery. The reason for a quest is always self-knowledge. Because of its self-knowledge a majority of the time questers are often young‚ inexperienced‚ and sheltered. There are five aspects or attributes to a quest.
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In “How to Read Literature like a Professor” Foster conveys new insight to books and movies. He explains about literature that isn’t just on the surface. He explains how the author chooses the correct season to put the movie in. Foster talks about the true meaning of flight. He also tells of what water means. The movie The Longest Ride connects with chapter 20. The movie is set at the end of summer about to be the start of summer. An art student‚ Sophia‚ is about to graduate from college and
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• “Every trip is a quest.” In the book How to Read Literature like a Professor it states in every novel “every trip is a quest” and consists of so many things such as a quester‚ a place to go‚ a stated reason to go there‚ challenges and trails en route‚ and a real reason to go there. In the book The Fault in Our Stars there is a scene that goes perfectly with this‚ when Augustus takes Hazel to meet her beloved author Van Houten. In the book they have a quester which is Hazel. They have a place to
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How To Read Literature Like a Professor Outline Chapter 1 – Every Trip Is a Quest (Except When It’s Not) Main Ideas: To have a quest‚ a novel must have A knight A dangerous path A holy grail An evil knight A dragon A princess The quest is always educational and provides knowledge of ones self Chapter 2 – Nice To Eat With You: Acts of Communion Main Ideas: It is a communion “Whenever people eat or drink together...” Breaking bread together is an act of sharing and peace
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In Frankenstein‚ Mary Shelley uses symbolism and allegory to depict the actions of the main characters and what their actions truly mean. In How to Read Literature Like a professor‚ Thomas C. Foster asks his readers what you think a symbol stands for‚ Foster also writes “[whatever] you think it stands for‚ it probably does." (ninety-seven) Frankenstein contains many symbols‚ however there is only a few symbols that truly support our findings the whole nine yards. There are six specific symbols and
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chapter 12‚ of How to Read Literature Like A Professor‚ Thomas Foster describes how a writer might symbolize almost everything in a novel: starting with a simple object to the most complex characters. According to Foster‚ not everyone will find a symbol; those that eventually do however will not interpret the meaning of the symbol the same way as others do. Some writers use direct symbols‚ but some let us use our imagination to find the true hidden meaning. In addition‚ Foster explains how if we want
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Why we read literature The word literature means ‘acquaintance with letters.’ With literature we can put anything and everything into words and play it like a video for someone else to see. It is a profession where words are arranged in such a way that they describe‚ feelings‚ emotions‚ experiences etc. it describes society and the people living in it‚ what they think of it and what they want it to be. There are many reasons to why we read literature. We could read it for information which is to
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