How To Read Literature Like a Professor Chapter 1: Every Trip Is a Quest (Except When It’s Not) In Chapter 1 the author explains the symbolic reasoning of why a character takes a trip. They don’t just take a trip they take a quest. Structurally a quest has a quester‚ a place to go‚ a stated reason to go there‚ challenges and trials en route‚ and a reason to go there. Quests usually involve characters such as a knight‚ a dangerous road‚ a Holy Grail‚ a dragon‚ an evil knight‚ and a princess
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Chapter 3 - Nice To Eat You: Acts of Vampires Chapter Summary: -Ghosts and vampires are never only about ghosts and vampires. There’s a thin line between the ordinary and the monstrous. -Sex: Evil‚ lust‚ seduction‚ temptation‚ danger. Evil has been related to sex ever since the serpent tempted Eve. -Exploitation: using other people to get what we want‚ placing our desires above others. Vampires and other figures are used where someone grows by weakening someone else. Connections: -The Scarlet
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In the first chapter of Thomas C. Foster’s How to Read Literature Like a Professor‚ Foster discusses the five aspects of a typical character’s quest and alerts all readers that “when a character hits the road‚ we should start to pay attention” (6). To start out the chapter a rather dull scene is set of a young boy commuting to a store to retrieve bread for his mother. Foster reveals that the seemingly unimportant commute is actually a quest. It is determined that “a quester” (3)‚ a destination‚ an
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How To Read Literature Like A Professor Introduction: Memory‚ symbol‚ and pattern all affect literature in different ways. When reading literature‚ it’s a wonderful asset to have a good memory and use that whenever you can. If you remember something you read from a novel two months ago and then apply that knowledge to an essay‚ your writing style and essay will improve greatly with such great examples. Symbol affects the way you read literature because when you recognize something symbolic
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1. Memory‚ symbol and pattern affect the reading of literature by separating the professional reader from the rest of the crowd. Memory of what happened allows you to enjoy later scenes of a book of a movie‚ yet this does not necessarily improve the experience of popular entertainment. When reading you have to assume everything is a symbol until proven otherwise. Its good to think of things as existing as themselves while simultaneously also representing something else. Patterns are everywhere. While
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The book that I read for my summer reading was How to Read Literature like a Professor by Thomas Foster and I personally loved it. I really liked the book for many reasons and I think it may have even have changed my thoughts about reading literature into depth. IN addition to that the style of writing was more relatable to a student. Which are all reasons for my love of the book. I really enjoyed the book for many reasons beginning with the topic itself; I love reading literature especially classics
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster has shown me how to reach true understanding in my future reading of literature and has helped me to reach a new depth in works of literature I have already analyzed. Swimming‚ seasons‚ weather and diseases have all taken on more than simply a set scene. Abuse of power over youth or the uneducated is more noticeable. The use of irony is more noticeable. This book has armed me with the ability to recognize political meaning within literary
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The book How to Read Literature Like a Professor written by Thomas C. Foster covers a variety of topics from the hidden symbolism in a novel to hidden allusions made to famous pieces of literature such as the Bible or works by Shakespeare. These tips and guidelines help the audience to better connect with literature‚ and to really feel involved with a novel. The main character of the novel Hazel desperately wants to go to Amsterdam‚ the location where her favorite author lives. Her love interest
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insights that I learned from How to Read Literature Like a Professor are to look at the character’s internal reasons for completing a task‚ note the authors word choice in figurative language‚ and look for a deeper meaning tied to the setting or an image that the author is creating. The first insight was given in chapter one of How to Read Literature Like a Professor; “The real reason for a quest is always self-knowledge” (3). This piece of information was very useful as I read the section of “Winter in
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor Essay By: Naomi Brooks Introduction How’d He Do That? Professors use memorization when reading a new book because they are always looking for correspondences between new and old books. Everything is a symbol until proven wrong‚ since symbolism is used when they are reading‚ thinking‚ and asking questions such as: is this an analogy‚ metaphor‚ or what might it signify? With time professors remember significant events‚ and patterns in novels
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