Every Trip Is A Quest Chapter 1 Summary
Chapter 1- Every Trip Is a Quest (Except When It’s Not)
• The Quest (adventure) contains: o The Quester- a person who goes on a journey o A destination o A reason to go there o Challenges and trials along the way
• Questers are usually younger characters that are still attempting to discover what they are looking for.
• The usual reason for a quest is self-knowledge.
• The terms ‘always’ and ‘never’ carry a lot of weight in literature because another author can disprove the statement and the author can possibly be discredited.
• Once a character is introduced, the reader should pay attention to the points of the Quest, which will show whether or not something will happen to them.
Chapter 2- Nice to Eat With You: Acts of Communion
• Communions are not always holy.
• Communion is seen as an …show more content…
It can be symbolic, thematic, biblical, Romantic, allegorical, Shakespearian, and also transcendent.
• Violence in literature also tends to make the reader question why, bringing into question moral and ethical views on the event.
• There are two categories of violence in literature. The first is violence that the character caused, such as shootings, stabbings, drownings, bombings, hit and runs, poisonings, etc. The second is death and suffering for which the characters aren’t responsible.
• Commonly in literature, the author attempts to make the reader feel a strong personal connection with either a character that dies or a character that kills someone else. This makes the reader become attached to the character and feel a stronger emotion when that character dies and causes a psychological dilemma in the reader.
• Accidents in literature are never truly accidents. The author always plans them in the storyline and usually serve a larger purpose.
• In fiction, violence often becomes a symbol, which carries a weight the reader can feel.
Chapter 12- Is That a
• The Quest (adventure) contains: o The Quester- a person who goes on a journey o A destination o A reason to go there o Challenges and trials along the way
• Questers are usually younger characters that are still attempting to discover what they are looking for.
• The usual reason for a quest is self-knowledge.
• The terms ‘always’ and ‘never’ carry a lot of weight in literature because another author can disprove the statement and the author can possibly be discredited.
• Once a character is introduced, the reader should pay attention to the points of the Quest, which will show whether or not something will happen to them.
Chapter 2- Nice to Eat With You: Acts of Communion
• Communions are not always holy.
• Communion is seen as an …show more content…
It can be symbolic, thematic, biblical, Romantic, allegorical, Shakespearian, and also transcendent.
• Violence in literature also tends to make the reader question why, bringing into question moral and ethical views on the event.
• There are two categories of violence in literature. The first is violence that the character caused, such as shootings, stabbings, drownings, bombings, hit and runs, poisonings, etc. The second is death and suffering for which the characters aren’t responsible.
• Commonly in literature, the author attempts to make the reader feel a strong personal connection with either a character that dies or a character that kills someone else. This makes the reader become attached to the character and feel a stronger emotion when that character dies and causes a psychological dilemma in the reader.
• Accidents in literature are never truly accidents. The author always plans them in the storyline and usually serve a larger purpose.
• In fiction, violence often becomes a symbol, which carries a weight the reader can feel.
Chapter 12- Is That a