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|CH 1 – “The quest consists of five things: (a)a quester, (b) a place |In this passage, the author is stating that all “quest” stories have |
|to go, (c) stated reason to go there, (d) challenges and trials en |the same basic outline. These five parts to a quest are essential for |
|route, and (e) a real reason to go there.” (pg. 3) |any story with a solid substance. |
|“The real reason for a quest is always self-knowledge.” (pg. 3) |The author says that the real underlying reason for any quest or |
| |mission is to find out more about yourself, not necessarily focus
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126) |we try and make compromises to the law of gravity. |
|”In general, flying is freedom” (pg. 127) |Flying represents freedom and the ability to go anywhere we want. |
|“Irony trumps everything.” (pg. 129) |The author says that we can already fly, but can’t leave the ground. |

|CH – 16 “…Where Claude Rains and Ingrid Bergman have twin beds.” (pg. |From about 1935 to 1965, The Hayes Code (rules about what to air on |
|137) |tv) made couples sleep in separate beds. |
|“…Those curtains might as well bear the following printed legend: yes |Since directors couldn’t show sex on tv, they resorted to other |
|they did, and they enjoyed it.” (pg. 137) |methods, like curtains, or ocean waves. |
|That pattern of imagery is just part of the much older tradition…” |Many authors also used objects as symbols for sexual organs, such as

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