How To Read Literature Like A Professor, By George Foster
Politics impact all aspects of modern life, both in real life and literary works. In the book How to Read Literature like a Professor, George Foster, the author, discusses how almost every novel has political undertones and that it is the author’s duty to not make their views obvious, but subtly place them in their writing as this will give off the greatest effect. The politically fueled novels 1984, by George Orwell, and The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, both had instances where the authors were trying to convey their views, but did so in a way that paralleled the real world as to not make it completely obvious and off putting. These real world happenings were the fuel for the authors in writing their novels. Whether it was WWII
and totalitarianism in 1984 or an overbearing religious group like the Puritans and other philosophical movements in The Scarlet Letter, both authors took from their surrounding historical context and political views to craft governing systems that would effectively convey their point that one supremely ruling unit of power can be detrimental to a society by creating fear and resentment in the citizens they are protecting.
and totalitarianism in 1984 or an overbearing religious group like the Puritans and other philosophical movements in The Scarlet Letter, both authors took from their surrounding historical context and political views to craft governing systems that would effectively convey their point that one supremely ruling unit of power can be detrimental to a society by creating fear and resentment in the citizens they are protecting.