How to Read like a Professor

Blake Allen How to Read Literature like a prof Foster Allen Introduction memory symbol pattern These basic examples of literary analysis can be found in most literary productions from Lices Adventures in Wonderland to Paper town. Every Trip is a Quest a sequester, a place to go, a stated reason, challenges and trials en route, and a accepted reason real reason is always self-importance-knowledge In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo goes to the Caplet party because his friends dragged him on barely the real reason was so that he could meet Juliet. minute to eat with you whe neer people eat or drink together, its communion nominally of every wiz is food ND death/ spirit In The Great Gatsby when tom Buchanan takes Nick Caraway out to drink with his friends, we learn just how pubic Toms life really is. Nice to eat You Vampires selfishness, victimization, a refusal to respect the self-direction of other people Ghosts and vampires are never only about ghosts and vampires old(a) figure rep resenting corrupt values virginal young-bearing(prenominal) strapping her youth, energy, sexual abstention continuance of life for the old male death/destruction of female In The red-faced Letter, Roger Chlorinating can be considered a vampire pursue Hester.He needs r level(p)ge for his wifes betrayal. He is a scholar and uses his knowledge to disguise himself as a doctor, intent on discovering and tormenting Hester anonymous extolr ins tead of uncover himself for years. Where pass I assimilaten Her Before theres no such thing as a wholly original work of literature theres only one story Characters must be great in their own unspoilt before being compared to more famous timbres I connect Jane Ere to Hester from The Scarlet Letter because while both Characters can stand tall on their own they desire a man to stand with them and for them.Its from Shakespeare Even in just everyday speech we use Shakespeare- To thin own self be true sounds smarter, gives authority In the film Band of Brothers the deification Crisping Day Speech from Henry V becomes the inspiration for the squad to run away on. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers Or The Bible Innocence, The Fall, serpents, apples, gardens, Timelessness, archetypal In everlasting flower Tuck there are several times when a character is led only by a mysterious fire in the distance much like the Israelites were led in the exodus of Egypt.Handled and receive Kid stories build the basis of our themes Their usually about morals dormancy Beauty can be interpreted to mean a lady friend avoiding growing up by sleeping until a prince comes to rescue her from childhood. Its classic to Me myth is a body of story that matters-patterns common to usual life Johnny Terrain, a character set afterward Paul Revere, had an Achilles better that has crippled so many characters and people alike Fear. Even when a trust- worthy doctor despatchers to fix his injured hand, he is similarly white-lipped to admit the t ruth of how he injured himself.More than Just Rain Its never just rain-cleansing, death, rebirth, desolation, replenishment Jane Ere is always the personification of the weather, whether its a cloudy betoken or a red dawn behind a burn down castle. Never Stand Next to the Hero action always leads to change-grow, learn, vaned Characters are not people They are products of writers and readers imagination Charge of the gently Brigade depicts a loyal brigade that, even when it is clear that they are going to die, give their lives when their leader is given a mistaken revisal to charge on. .. More than Its Ghana Hurt You Character caused- disperseing, stabbing, bombing (moves plot) originator caused-meaning behind shooting stabbing Meaning behind) When Jeanie has to shoot Tea ginmill in Their eyes were Watching God she waited until he tried to shoot her four times, as the initiatory three were blanks it didnt entirely set in too her that it was her life or Tea Cakes and the fact that she waited for the fourth dead reckoning may pick out meant she wanted to die with tea cake therefore live without him.Its All Political Political writing-writing that engages the realities of its world A Christmas chirrup and Oliver Twist are strong examples of the depiction of the need for public run in 1 sass England Shes a Christ figure, too mounded hands, feet, side, self-sacrifice, adept with children, carpenter, forgiving, redeemer Gangland in Lord of the Rings can be a Christ figure because he scarifies himself with his arms out stretched to uphold the world from the wrath of Sorry and is resurrected to continue to help Bilbo Basins destroy the ring.Flights of foresee Flight is Freedom irony trumps everything In the The myth of Deals and Cirrus, Deals made move for himself and his son still his sun flew to high and was burnt up by the sun, Apollo, then he fell into the ocean. Its All about Sex.. Nothing isnt a sex implication In Jane Ere she is frequently de picted in intercourse to wide rolling landscapes while inside the tall towering castle of Edward Rochester. Except Sex Sex is about pleasure, love, sacrifice, and/or submission When Jeanie first discovers sex under the pear tree feels sets a standard of love for the rest of her life and compares all men to her first time geography matters Where? - stance in relation to hills, valleys, chasms, mountains, seas, islands, people, north, south, east, west space taken up or empty when writers send characters south, its So they can run amok The location OfGenies home throughout the book gives a relation of how society cut her status the average life at nannys and Logan Clicks were ground level homes, at Judos, her room was on the second story of her home so that even when she slept she was above the townspeople, and with Tea Cake she was below sea-level as she and tea cake didnt own anything. So Does Season New life, adulthood, harvest, death spring, summer, fall, overwinter In Jane Er e, the death-white realms of the arctic that Beck describes is death to a girl aching for independence Marked for Greatness When a character is flawed, physically or otherwise, it is often a mark that will lead to fame even if its in infamy. Cackles heal, possibly the most well known flaw of Greek tragedy, caused the sudden, dramatic ruination of one of the greatest heroes of literature.Hes blind for a reason mammalian Jones principle if you want your audience to know nearthing important about your character, introduce it early/ A character may chose to give the sack or may be carnal of clearly known facts to the reader this is blindness Jeanie forces herself to not see the unwellness Tea Cake has until he rises to shot her the fourth time and she knows that she cannot ignore that life is really threatened. Its Never Just a Heart distemper Illness is usually a physical manifestation of inner seek or pain. 1. Not all diseases are equal 2. It should be lovely 3. Hysterics ori gin 4. Strong symbolical potential On his death bed, Joe Starks says he did everything he did for Jeanie so that when he was gone she would inherit all he obtain so that she could sit the high-throne he built for her even after his death. Dont Read With Your Eyes Analyze with your brain, read through their eyes see what they see and know hat you know Can this person be saved In Shakespearean Romeo and Juliet, when both Romeo and Juliet see that their respective buff is dead they both personally decide that life sin t worth the living.This is a particular contrast in Romeo, as at the beginning, Romeo was in deep grief over another girl but not to the point of suicide. Its my Symbol and Ill cry if I Want too use what you know, every work teaches us how to read it as we go along, you know more than you think you do Everything is a symbol In Animal Farm there is symbolism in the windmill. The windmill represents the exploitation of the dim-witted animals by the pigs.As the pigs feast, l earn, and keep warm most of the animals are starving, have given up on learning and are freezing but never do they question the pigs because when they complete the mill they will have all of that. Is He Serious? And Other Ironies irony gives a second, ternion. Layer to text irony may not work for everyone some miss it The irony of Animal Farm is that, though the animals had revolted due to unsportsmanlike treatment by humans, in the end the majority were worse off than ever before.