Thomas C. Foster's How To Read Literature Like A Professor

In his book “How to Read Literature Like a Professor,” Thomas C. Foster explains that, when a fictional character is described by having a heart disease, there is almost always a sort of metaphorical meaning behind it. These metaphors will give the readers hints about the afflicted character’s true nature. Mrs. Mallard, the main character of Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” is a fine example of this. The very first sentence of the story explains that Mrs. Mallard was “afflicted with a heart trouble.” Other characters in the story, such as her sister and “late” husband’s friend, are inclined to treating her more gently than they would others. It can be argued that the deeper meaning to Mrs. Mallard’s heart trouble is her disloyalty to her

After reading this week’s lecture notes and viewing the video presentations, it is clear that Christians should study secular literature. It is important to be a careful reader, critical thinker and skillful writer because these skills are important for Christians that study secular literature. When readers have the ability to understand the literary text, this will allow the individual to understand what the author is trying to convey. As mention in lesson three, “acquiring information using electronic media jeopardize an individual to think critically and how it devoices an individual from a sense from the past and perception from the future” (Presentation Lesson 3, Liberty University). As a Christian, learning about secular literature

Mike Bunn’s article, “How To Read Like a Writer”, simply does what the name implies: it is trying to encourage readers, students for the most part, to ‘read like a writer’. Bunn briefly reveals how he came acquainted with ‘reading like a writer’, and then goes on to explain to his audience how to ‘read like a writer’ themselves. From the opening sentence, to the closing statement, Bunn is encouraging students to analyze how a certain texts were written and why they were written that way. Bunn claims that by using this way of reading, you not only understand the text better, but you also become a better writer as you learn and develop the skills you analyze. Bunn is hoping that, after reading his article and adopting his methods, students will

How to Read Literature like a Professor by Thomas C Foster is a how to do book that teaches children how to become better readers. The novel was written in second person. The purpose of this novel is to inform readers on details that they wouldn’t usually realize in literature. Students who read Thomas C Foster’s How to Read Literature like a Professor are suppose to gain knowledge of how to identify details of their story that have connections to other literature or have alternative meanings that the author is trying to get across to the reader. Thomas C Foster believes reading his novel can help develop you into a better reader. He believes this because the information that he includes can apply to your reading. When you

In ‘How to Read Literature Like a Professor’ by Thomas Foster, Foster states that in literature weather can be used for much more than just plot progression. through the use of fog, rainbows, snow, rain, and many other weather elements it gives literature a much richer meaning through symbolism, foreshadowing, and other literary devices. In Act 3 Scene 2 of King Lear, Lear is beginning to lose his sanity in a storm as he shouts “LEAR: Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! Rage, blow! You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout Till you have drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks! You sulfurous and thought-executing fires, Vaunt-couriers of oak-cleaving thunderbolts, Singe my white head! And thou, all-shaking thunder, Smite flat the thick rotundity

“Nice to Eat with You: Acts of Communion”, a chapter in How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas Foster, begins with the claim that meals are commonly a source of symbolism in literature. Communion, as Foster defines, does not necessarily have to refer to something religious. Foster argues instead that in communion in literature, which is as simple as two characters eating and drinking together, is only worth including if it has a deeper meaning. The point an author is trying to impress upon the reader is that the gesture of putting something in your body is so personal that it is a symbol of trust and friendship among two people taking part in communion. This can be used in many different ways, as Foster demonstrates by contrasting

In How To Read Literature Like A Professor, by Thomas C. Foster, the main purpose is to show readers how to go into depth with the meaning of things seen or talked about when reading literature. It highlights symbols in texts and shows how every single thing can be significant. It also talks about literary sources like greek mythology, the Bible, Children text, and Shakespeare (which he refers back to a lot ), that many stories use to form their plots or quests. The book talks about a topic and then gives the reader and example passage to refer to when talking about that that specific subject. For example, when talking about violence in Chapter 11, Foster analysis Robert Frost’s violent poem called “Out, Out-” and it’s true meaning.

Known as a safe read throughout the literary world, Christian fiction is devoid of true human condition such as the grotesque and the sexual. Richard Terrell proposes in his essay Christian Fiction: Piety is not Enough, that Christian fiction cannot rely on being religious anymore to earn the title of “good fiction”. He addresses the issue of Christian fiction limiting itself to a certain range of topics because it is a “religious” work and these limitations result in mediocre writing. Though the credibility is weak throughout Christian Fiction: Piety is not Enough, the elements of logic and emotional appeal are effective in convincing Christian readers that today 's Christian fiction is subpar.

Hello, I hope you are having a good summer. I have been steadily working on the project all summer long. So far I have finished the How To Read Literature Like a Professor by Foster and am almost two thirds of the way through The Buried Giant. So far I have completed three of the six writings for the Foster reading. I thought that Foster’s work was very enjoyable, much more than I thought it might be. He presented the information in a humorous yet effective manner that allowed me to read it with ease and not labor over it. Also, the techniques that he presents are very helpful and I have been able to make connections with other novels, texts, movies and plays.

In the first chapter of How to Read Literature Like a Professor, by Thomas C. Foster, it states that “the quest consists of five things a questor, a place to go, a stated reason to go there, challenges and trials en route, and a real reason to go there.”(Foster) The poem Beowulf is a good example of a quest because it contains all of these characteristics. The part that is most important for the characters on the quest is finding out the real reason they partook in a quest. This is not revealed until the questor has either failed in the mission or is in a rut. The knowledge that the questor learns from this challenge is how the character can grow and fulfill their purpose.

Stanley was not a very fit person. His skin was soft and unused to work, he was large and was not healthy. Like all the other boys at the camp, he didn’t enjoy digging holes, but because of his unhealthy condition, it was much harder for him to do so. Because he was forced to do something he couldn’t do easily or well, he

Before and after his time at Camp Green Lake, Stanley was looked down upon by others. As an example, Stanley´s teacher took the lightest kid in the classroom, and the heaviest kid in the classroom, and wrote the ratio on the board 3:1. (Sacher 3) Basically, what she was doing was calling him fat.Another example is at the end of the day, Stanley

Did you know about “Camp Green Lake?” Well it’s a camp for bad boys. That have done something bad in there past, they dig holes for a consequence. To let you know the camp does not have a lake or anything green. You will be learning about campers past and the camps past too. Stanley changes throughout the book because of his friendship with zero.

When Stanley got arrested for a crime he didn’t commit and was sent to camp greenlake. He never really talked to anyone and often got bullied. He never stood up for himself or anyone one else. At times he would see other kids get bullied and would walk past and watch it happen. He was not the best person and didn’t really have many friends.

Imagine leaving your family for 18 months while you’re of at a Jail Camp? How would you feel? Well, Stanley Yelnats had to go through it all. Through the influence of Zero’s friendship, Stanley changes from being unloyal, mentally weak, and unconfident to a loyal, mentally strong, confident person.