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In Thomas C. Foster’s How to Read Literature like a Professor, Foster writes an entertaining guide of how to dig deeper into the metaphorical meaning of every piece of literature in hopes to inspire the minds of tomorrow not only to grow in their understanding of symbols but also to trust themselves and the knowledge they already have. In relation to Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake, Foster lends understanding to such common symbols like sex not being at all about the actual act but representing the…

who fight either for the greater good or for selfish reasons. When reading these stories however the reader at times will find two main characters who both have villain like traits. In The Song of Roland you have the protagonist, Roland and the antagonist Ganelon who both have villain like traits, however the reader finds himself placing Roland in the…

KARNSTREET is a gritty, crime drama that centers on two major rival gangs. Their rivalry leads to a vicious gang war. The script does a nice job of showing the violent side of gangsters and their need for control. The stakes are life and death. While there are certainly strengths to the presentation, the script would benefit from more development in the area of structure, pace, and character development, as well as the professional presentation. First, the opening nicely sets the tone of the…

The first chapter in How To Read Literature Like A Professor is based on the vital knowledge of how to identify a quest based on a series of given details. The author, Mr. Foster, starts off by telling the reader to picture a young boy running an errand for his mother. He then builds on the plot by giving a few details of his teenage life, such as the girl he likes, the boy he despises, and the dog he escapes from. This misshapen short story seems like it might not go anywhere, but this is when…

The short stories “On the sidewalk Bleeding” by Evan Hunter and “The end of the Party" by Graham Greene consists of forces that oppose the main character. Such forces that have changed the outcome of the stories, Such forces include the main character himself, weather and other supporting characters. To start with, a force that comes into play in the story “On the sidewalk Bleeding” by Evan Hunter is the main character Andy himself. Being in such a renowned gang ‘Royal’ it should have been…

Characters are similar to people in real life in that we all have good and bad qualities. A character without any real personality traits is boring and will not keep an audience hooked. Throughout literature there has been a focus on finding and exposing flaws of characters. A good character is one that has many flaws but many good traits to balance it out. However, how bad should a character be? The myth of Odysseus and the cyclopes from The Odyssey gives insight on Odysseus’ character. While…

The Rebellion The novel The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman, and the film Strictly Ballroom by Baz Luhrmann are two examples of storytelling in which the main protagonist struggles in expressing their own spice of individuality in their society. The boy in The Ocean at the End of the Lane is an odd character as he is placed into almost two different planes of existance and is forced to find his personal strengths and weaknesses, while Scott Hastings in Strictly Ballroom is a…

John Updike’s “A&P” and Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral” contain main characters who experience an unexpected change in the way they view the world from people that they’ve formed a stereotype of. In “A&P”, Sammy, the main character, is influenced by three young girls while in “Cathedral”, the husband, is influenced by Robert to bring out this change in them. In both texts, the objects for change are similar in that the narrators viewed them negatively, they unexpectedly came in to the narrator’s…

Namely, Flannery O’Connor is known for her southern gothic style and her sense of religious morbidity. O’Connor uses persistent themes of dishonesty and mockery to portray religious righteousness and the downfall of the phony throughout the majority of her short stories. In “Greenleaf”, “A Good Man Is Hard to find”, and “Good Country People” O’Connor uses religion to highlight the good and bad within society, which is reflected upon each character through deception and irony. ggggggIn “A Good…

The Narrative Impacts the Reader How the story is presented and what the reader understands by it is more important than what is actually said. The story “Who Do You Think You Are” by Alice Munro is a story of a girl named Alice who trying to find out who she really is. By observing the story and looking at how it was written, we can see how the narrative affects the reader. Looking at Munro’s use of the unexpected, details, and point of view, one can see how the narrative affects the reader’s…