How to Read Literature Like a Professor
How to Read Literature like a Professor
Chapter 1: We learn the basics of a quest in a book or novel. The author says a quest can be any kind of journey. He uses a kid, named Kip, who runs to the store to pick up some bread for his parents. Along the way he sees the girl he asked out, a bully named Troy, and his ’68 ‘Cuda.
When we hear or read the word “quest”, we think of an epic hero coming from a faraway land, who faces an obstacle, trials, a protagonist, and love story. To have a quest you must have: (a) a quester, (b), a place to go, (c) a stated reason to go, (d) Challenges and trials, (e) a real reason to go there. For Example: In Percy Jackson the Lightning Thief. (a) the quester is Percy Jackson, (b) Hades Realm, (c) so he can free his mother from his clutches and prove he didn’t steal Zeus’s lightning bolt , (d) He battle a god, goes on mini quest, and getting used to being the son of Poseidon.
Chapter 2: In this chapter he talks about the act of eating as a group in a book. In most books we read. We usually see the characters bond, talk about a trouble past, talk about future plans, or some other purpose.
Basically food in a book/movie means: loyalty, kinship, desire, and sex/sexuality. We see this every time we see a hero or group of them eat. Not all of them at once, but maybe 1, or 2. We also go out to eat on dates to tell people about ourselves.
Chapter 3: We learn about ghost and vampires which according to him, ghost and vampires are nothing like that. They usually represent the selfishness, exploration, and the refuse to accept ones free will or choice. It’s usually the Mr. Hyde of the human side, in which we have a big nasty monster controlling us.
They also represent older figures such as: a Mom or Dad that control their child with strict dominance, and our full of corruption and they strip the innocence always of a child. The author points out that this cannibalism, in which, the parents grow as they weaken their child.
Chapter 1: We learn the basics of a quest in a book or novel. The author says a quest can be any kind of journey. He uses a kid, named Kip, who runs to the store to pick up some bread for his parents. Along the way he sees the girl he asked out, a bully named Troy, and his ’68 ‘Cuda.
When we hear or read the word “quest”, we think of an epic hero coming from a faraway land, who faces an obstacle, trials, a protagonist, and love story. To have a quest you must have: (a) a quester, (b), a place to go, (c) a stated reason to go, (d) Challenges and trials, (e) a real reason to go there. For Example: In Percy Jackson the Lightning Thief. (a) the quester is Percy Jackson, (b) Hades Realm, (c) so he can free his mother from his clutches and prove he didn’t steal Zeus’s lightning bolt , (d) He battle a god, goes on mini quest, and getting used to being the son of Poseidon.
Chapter 2: In this chapter he talks about the act of eating as a group in a book. In most books we read. We usually see the characters bond, talk about a trouble past, talk about future plans, or some other purpose.
Basically food in a book/movie means: loyalty, kinship, desire, and sex/sexuality. We see this every time we see a hero or group of them eat. Not all of them at once, but maybe 1, or 2. We also go out to eat on dates to tell people about ourselves.
Chapter 3: We learn about ghost and vampires which according to him, ghost and vampires are nothing like that. They usually represent the selfishness, exploration, and the refuse to accept ones free will or choice. It’s usually the Mr. Hyde of the human side, in which we have a big nasty monster controlling us.
They also represent older figures such as: a Mom or Dad that control their child with strict dominance, and our full of corruption and they strip the innocence always of a child. The author points out that this cannibalism, in which, the parents grow as they weaken their child.