About How to Read Literature Like Aprofessor
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. The five aspects of a quest includes a quester, a place to go, a stated reason to go there, challenges and trials en route, and the real reason to go there. An example of a story with a quest is the”Lord of the Rings.” The questers are Frodo, Sam Wise, Merry, Pippen, Boromir, Legolas, Gimli, and Gandalf. The initial place to go is Mt.Doom in Morder. The stated reason to go there is to destroy the main ring of power that controls the wearers of the other 19 rings given to the elves, dwarves, and men, and will allow Sauron to conquer Middle-Earth. There are many challenges and trials within the series of books. The real reason to go to Mt.Doom was to save the world from evil, or as it was put in the book. In chapter 10 of “How to Read Literature like a Professor” it discusses the importance of weather in specific works of literature. With weather it is always more complex or has something more to it. Weather sways human affairs. It affects both for good and ill, and convenience and inconvenience, and in beauty and ugliness. Drowning for example is a common fear of some. Rain prompts ancestral memories of the most profound sort. Rain can be more confounding or more isolating that most weather conditions. Rain can have a cleansing affect. Rain can bring the world back to life, to new growth, and to the return of the green world. Rain is the principal element of spring. Spring is the season not only of renewal but of hope, or new awakenings. Rain mixes with the sun to
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. The five aspects of a quest includes a quester, a place to go, a stated reason to go there, challenges and trials en route, and the real reason to go there. An example of a story with a quest is the”Lord of the Rings.” The questers are Frodo, Sam Wise, Merry, Pippen, Boromir, Legolas, Gimli, and Gandalf. The initial place to go is Mt.Doom in Morder. The stated reason to go there is to destroy the main ring of power that controls the wearers of the other 19 rings given to the elves, dwarves, and men, and will allow Sauron to conquer Middle-Earth. There are many challenges and trials within the series of books. The real reason to go to Mt.Doom was to save the world from evil, or as it was put in the book. In chapter 10 of “How to Read Literature like a Professor” it discusses the importance of weather in specific works of literature. With weather it is always more complex or has something more to it. Weather sways human affairs. It affects both for good and ill, and convenience and inconvenience, and in beauty and ugliness. Drowning for example is a common fear of some. Rain prompts ancestral memories of the most profound sort. Rain can be more confounding or more isolating that most weather conditions. Rain can have a cleansing affect. Rain can bring the world back to life, to new growth, and to the return of the green world. Rain is the principal element of spring. Spring is the season not only of renewal but of hope, or new awakenings. Rain mixes with the sun to