Sydnei Young
AP Lit.
Jiles
3 Aug. 2014
Chapter 1 Every Trip Is a Quest (Except When It’s Not)
Summary: The quest or adventure has many components. The quester is a person who goes on a journey in the book. The quester has an important place to go because there is some reason for the character to go there, whether another character told them or it’s just fate. On this journey there are some challenges along the way that the quester endures. “The real reason for a quest is always self-knowledge” (Foster 3). An example of this is the movie Shrek. In this movie, Shrek goes on a quest to rescue Princess Fiona from the fiery dragon in her dungeon castle.
Chapter 2 Nice to Eat with You: Acts of Communion
Summary: “Whenever people eat or drink together, it’s communion” (Foster 8). Communion isn’t always holy and can be deciphered in many ways. Communion is a shared peace between friends. Communion allows the characters to share
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Heart trouble is metaphorical in literature. The heart is the home of emotions. Heart problems can also give insight of the characters personality. “Aside from being the pump that keeps us alive, the heart is also, and has been since ancient times, the symbolic repository of emotion” (Foster 216). The Iliad and the Odyssey portray heart problems and illnesses.
Chapter 24 Don’t Read with Your Eyes
Summary: “Don’t read with your eyes” (Foster 234). Do not judge a book because of what you think it will be about. You have to enter the actuality of the novel. Have an open mind/perspective when reading. The author planned to write a story that was based on his or her fixed setting, theme, and opinion. I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was shot by the Taliban written by Malala Yousafzai attracts the reader into real world problems.
Chapter 25 It’s My Symbol and I’ll Cry If I Want To
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Chapter 26 Is He Serious? And Other
To fully appreciate the significance of the plot one must fully understand the heroic journey. Joseph Campbell identified the stages of the heroic journey and explains how the movie adheres meticulously to these steps. For example, the first stage of the hero’s journey is the ordinary world (Campbell). At the beginning, the structure dictates that the author should portray the protagonist in their ordinary world, surrounded by ordinary things and doing ordinary tasks so that the author might introduce the reasons that the hero needs the journey in order to develop his or her character or improve his or her life (Vogler 35). The point of this portrayal is to show the audience what the protagonist’s life is currently like and to show what areas of his or her life are conflicted or incomplete. When the call to adventure occurs, the protagonist is swept away into another world, one that is full of adventure, danger, and opportunities to learn what needs to be learned. T...
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The first chapter from How to Read Literature like a Professor: For Kids that relates to John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars is Chapter 2 “Nice to Eat with You: Acts of Communion”. In John Green’s novel, there is a part where Gus and Hazel go to dinner at a really elegant restaurant, which is communion. On page 162 in The Fault in Our Stars Gus and Hazel get ready to go to a restaurant called Oranjee. Gus is a true gentleman in that part of the book. He pulls the chair out for Hazel, compliments her, and so on. Before the dinner, they were unsure what the stature of their relationship was, but after the dinner they started dating which showed the importance of the dinner. During the beginning of the dinner, it was awkward for Hazel and Gus on their first formal date. As the night goes on, they become more comfortable with each other. This communion scene,
In my opinion, Shrek The Musical was a great play that brought the childhood fairytale story of Shrek to life on stage. The costumes, props, and backgrounds on the set were well made and it was obvious that much time and effort were put into the play. The story of Shrek was brought to life on Broadway and was very realistic and produced very well.
Being shot in the face and seriously injured, did not stop Malala Yousafzai from pursuing her dreams. She did not morally agree with her government’s treatment of women, so she fought for her beliefs. Malala grew up in a rural village in Pakistan and was forced to follow customs she did not believe in. Swat Valley changed to a strictly ruled village with discrimination towards women. Malala created awareness around the world of the situation and stood up for her rights to education. Through Malala Yousafzai’s painful experience with growing up in a dangerous part of Pakistan, she created awareness in hope to regain the rights to educational opportunities for women.
In How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster, he informs the readers that the real reason for a quest is always for the character to gain self-knowledge. A quest is a journey that is long that one searches for something. In Homer’s The Odyssey, Odysseus goes on a quest and learns the importance of patience.
Thomas C. Foster’s novel How to Read Literature Like a Professor, helps the reader understand the beginnings of a quest by breaking down the task into five steps. A quest will always consist of 1) a quester, 2) a place to go, 3) a stated reason to go there, 4) challenges and trials en route, and 5) a real reason to go there. A quester, the protagonist, typically is not aware that they are partaking in a quest. Step two and three are thought of together usually because the protagonist is told to go somewhere to do something. However, the stated reason to go to their destination is not the real reason they go there. As Foster explains, “In fact, more often than not, the quester fails at
Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson create a world full of adventure in their film, Shrek. The film revolves around the main characters, Shrek, Donkey, Lord Farquaad, and Princess Fiona. Lord Farquaad attempts to rid his kingdom of fairy-tale creatures and offers money to anyone who captures them. A talking donkey, referred to as Donkey, is captured, manages to escape, and meets an ogre named Shrek who lives alone in a swamp. Lord Farquaad then sends all of the captured fairy-tale creatures to Shrek's swamp. Meanwhile, Lord Farquaad is in search of a princess to marry, so he may become King. When he hears of Princess Fiona locked away in a tower because she is cursed, he decides to have her rescued and brought to his kingdom for a wedding. Shrek
The Reversal of Traditions in Shrek In traditional fairy tales ogres are man-eating beast. The prince usually rescues the princess; they marry and live happily ever after. How do the makers of 'shrek' use presentational devices to reverse this tradition to reveal the ogre as good and the prince as evil?
These timeless tales relate a message that readers throughout the ages can understand and relate to. While each of these tales is not exactly alike, they do share a common core of events. Some event and or character flaw necessitates a journey of some kind, whether it is an actual physical journey or a metaphorical one. The hardships and obstacles encountered on said journey lead to spiritual growth and build character. Rarely does a person find himself unchanged once the journey is over.
“I am Malala” by Malala Yousafzai is a beautiful and hard breaking book at the same time. This book is an autobiography that describes the author childhood and her support on the right for girls to have an education. Through this autobiography, Malala describes the restrictions that are imposed on females in her country. There are many that believe that woman of Pakistan should not be educated in the other hands there are a few that oppose this idea. Malala’s support on education for girls almost cost her life, since she was shot by the Taliban. From a multicultural perspective Malala’s story touches on topics such; culture shock, discrimination within your own culture, oppression, religion, family and woman’s right. Despite the opposition
I agree with Foster's claims that eating together is symbolic of something larger than just the food. I feel that Foster's is implying most often than not meals are more than a just a meal, it is communion. Even so when meeting up with someone, food is often the place to go. Sharing a meal with someone brings more than just the food aspect but the mutual feelings of like brought upon another. In the movie, The Blind Side food is a connecting source during the first Thanksgiving with Micheal.
“Her physical heart problem symbolizes her emotional heart as it relates towards he marriage”. Heart problems are not always health issues because sometimes it can also be the emotional feelings that person is going through that makes the heart ache with sadness. Besides the fact that Mrs. Mallard has “Heart Trouble” one should take the problem more meaningful than just the idea that she is unhealthy. But yes the heart can be looked at because of health conditions but really it enforces that the death of her husband really caused serious pain for her heart to be like that.
... Malala, as well as her parents are very brave for breaking some traditional Pakistan and Muslim traditions. It amazes me how Malala survived an attempted Taliban assassination. The Taliban shot her in the face, just missing her brain. The bullet came out through her shoulder, and she shockingly survived it. She was believed to not survive the attack. Malala’s survival amazes me. The reason why the two Taliban men attempted to kill Malala was all because she was fighting for education, and women's rights in the Swat Valley region. The book gave me a better understanding of Pakistan, but what mainly intrigues me about stories from Pakistan are the lives of remarkable young women. These young women could be dealing with arrange marriages, women trafficking, or like Malala, fighting for women's rights and education. I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai is a worthwhile read.