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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just be spending a semester reading my favorite childhood books to learn about the process of constructing a children’s book. I never would have thought that I would learn so much about how to analyze literature and choose books that would develop the cultural understanding of a child. Also‚ I didn’t realize how much I would have learned about my own experiences reading books. Everything I learned from this class I hope that I can apply to my everyday life. One key thing that I learned was the idea
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Jennifher Castro Mrs. Mary Smith AP Literature 20 September 2017 Analysis Essay – How to Read Literature Like a Professor One of the major recurring techniques that Foster discusses in his novel that really caught my attention would have to be the technique in chapter 2‚ which is the technique symbolism. The definition of symbolism is the practice of representing things by symbols‚ or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character. In chapter 2 Foster tells about a symbolism that takes
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book reminds me of how it’s important to get the most out of every book by closely analyzing it. Symbolism is very clear thought the text. This reminds me how deep meaning can be hidden within a text. Perhaps he is on a journey of his own; it is for his own self knowledge like Foster talks about. Passage from the book: “The real reason for a quest never involves the stated reason. In fact‚ more often than not‚ the questor fails at the stated task”. I think this is saying how it’s not necessarily
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lessons‚ but it’s only once we become young adults that we really experience these lessons. Throughout my adolescent years‚ I have really begun to understand what it means to have an identity‚ and how to connect with it. One of the main ways that helped me understand who I truly am was reading literature. Genres such as fantasy and mystery became a way to help me escape the limitations of social expectations and would let me be whoever I wanted to be‚ whether that was a savvy 16 year-old detective
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1. Every Trip is a Quest (except when it’s not): a. A quester b. A place to go c. A stated reason to go there d. Challenges and trials e. The real reason to go—always self-knowledge 2. Nice to Eat With You: Acts of Communion a. Whenever people eat or drink together‚ it’s communion b. Not usually religious c. An act of sharing and peace d. A failed meal carries negative connotations 3. Nice to Eat You: Acts of Vampires a. Literal Vampirism: Nasty old man‚ attractive but evil‚ violates
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them to set fates of death‚ downfall‚ and destruction‚ outlining the effect that divided society has on an individual. In Thomas C. Fosters novel‚ How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines‚ he talks about the reasons behind authors purposes of choosing to use blindness as a long lasting motive in their works of literature: “Clearly the author wants to emphasize other levels of sight and blindness beyond the physical. Moreover‚ such references
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Kiley Dempsey Ms. Jones Honors Tenth Grade Literature Composition 04 September 2012 Santiago’s Journey How to Read Literature like a Professor‚ by Thomas C. Foster‚ is like painting a picture; with painting the first step is to paint inside the lines‚ but an advanced artist understands that a picture is made up of not just color‚ texture‚ and shapes‚ but also considers the purpose behind each stroke. Foster brings a different meaning to reading a book and draws attention to the author and his or
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n chapter 9 of How to read literature like a professor‚ Foster goes into the topic of myths. There are three kinds of myths that Foster mentioned beforehand :shakespearean biblical‚and fairy tale myths. In this chapter however‚ he goes more deeply in myths from the Greeks and Romans. According to Foster‚ myths shape and sustain power of a story the and its symbols; show our ability to to explain ourselves; myths are so deeply ingrained our cultural memory that they both shape our culture and are
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In the year 1897‚ Bram Stoker releases the crown jewel of the 20th century: his vampire epic Dracula. Ever since Dracula‚ Transylvania‚ and castles have been associative of vampirism‚ the world has become “bloody”. There are slight deviations to the novel‚ but the majority of them are fairly partial to the novel. Worldly views show Dracula as an old man with a new face. The inception of Bram Stoker’s Dracula has been the melting pot of the recreations and incarnations of the world’s deadliest‚ blood-sucking
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