'Applying How to Read Literature Like a Professor\r'

'How to memorise publications identical a prof by Thomas C. advance has sh take in me how to r to from each one adept true understanding in my incoming reading of literature and has helped me to reach a bran-new depth in works of literature I view as already analyzed. Swimming, seasons, weather and diseases keep up completely taken on more(prenominal) than barely a set scene. Abuse of power over spring chicken or the uneducated is more noticeable. The use of caustic remark is more noticeable. This parole has armed me with the ability to confess political meaning within literary works.Armed saucily with this k in a flashledge I reanalyze several novels from my high work career and I learn more intimately the author as well as the characters who the authors be me with. In The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton, Lily Barton is ea cristal by Gus Trenor, an older man she believed was her friend. Lily was not liter every(prenominal)y eaten by Trenor. Gus Trenor is not a li teral vampire. However, Lily places her trust in Gus Trenor to make an investment for her with the very little measurement of gold she has (chapter 7, book 1).When Lily is later incapable of paying back the money Gus has been giving to her as though an investment gave money rather than increasing in value, Gus en mental imagerys a way in which Lily can kind of easily pay him back. Gus Trenor invites Lily to his house in townspeople under false pretenses (chapter 13, book 1). He allows Lily to summate alone to his house without the protection of any early(a) women. Gus wants to have wind up with Lily in exchange for the money he had been giving her. When Lily manages to flee his house, Gus allows her name to be ruined. Lily is no longer able to keep her friends.Lily is seen as an easy woman. People no longer continue her like a young respectable lady. George Dorset notwithstanding wants to use her as marital relief (chapter 6, book 2). Lily can no longer be a part of high a ssociation. Gus exacts his payment by downfall her name in the eyes of all whom she associates with. Gus took reward of her innocence and let others treat her as though she was dead. Such behavior places Gus and Lily within the parameters of chapter three â€Å" comminuted to Eat You: Acts of Vampires” in How to Read Literature standardized a prof (Foster, pg. 15). It’s More Than only if Rain or Snow” is the title of chapter ten in How to Read Literature akin a Professor (Foster, pg. 74). Rain as used in The Adventures of huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain has deep exemplary meaning. When huck Finn finds Jim after running outdoor(a) from his father’s hut, the two are caught in a torrential rain (chapter 9). This rain re interprets the washing out-of-door of both of their old lives. Although huck is a bounteous young man, he cannot use his wealth or live comfortably because his wicked father wishes to have his money in order to drink. After the rain, H uck has bonded with Jim and wishes to protect him (chapter 9).Jim’s old lifespan as a slave no longer matters to Huck. Huck begins to realize that Jim truly cares about him. Huck sees Jim as a person. The rain washes away all Huck has well-read concerning the slaves. Huck begins to learn for himself after all his former ideas of life and slaves are washed away by this symbolic and literal rain. â€Å"It’s entirely Political” is the title of chapter thirteen of How to Read Literature Like a Professor (Foster, pg. 108). The Crucible by Arthur Miller is largely a political play. This theme shows the effect heightened power or panic of society upon authority.Reverend Hale realizes the evil deed he did by quickly condemning women of witchcraft. He realizes he has allowed artless people to die in his conceit. He begs the venture to allow the remaining charge and condemned free (act 4). However, Danforth states he will not pardon the remainder because a dozen ha ve already been killed, with his seal on the death warrants, for practicing the same witchcraft of which the others have been accuse (act 4). Arthur Miller wrote this play to show the McCarthyism of his date with the alarm of radical political platforms was a repeat of the capital of Oregon witch trials at the end of the s take downteenth century.Any time in which political figures such as McCarthy or Danforth get excited and begin to condemn others who they awe revolt or change from, Arthur Miller’s play shall be a shining shell of what the effects will be. Many innocent accused will have no defense unless they lie. thence The Crucible is an excellent example of politics cosmos ingrained in literary accomplishments. Chapter twenty-six of How to Read Literature Like a Professor is call â€Å"Is He Serious? And Other Ironies” (Foster, pg. 235). Antigone by Sophocles splays on a pair of sisters.Both have just learned of the death of both their brothers (scene 1). It is spring (scene 1). Rather than celebrating the sweetheart of new life, the daughters of a now dead pansy and queen must mourn the death of their brothers. They battled and killed each other, adding further sadness to their deaths. The new king, Creon, their uncle, declares that only one brother shall be buried (scene 1). By by choice disobeying this law, Antigone condemns herself to death in the beautiful spring seasons (scene 3) merely dies by her own hands (scene 7).Her betrothed, Creon’s son, kills himself when she is imbed dead (scene 7). Creon’s wife is then shew dead as well (scene 7). Amid the new life of spring, death is found in abundance among the olympian family. Sophocles is in deadly earnest about this irony. Chapter 18 of How to Read Literature Like a Professor is entitled â€Å"If She Comes Up, It’s Baptism” (Foster, pg. 152). The Awakening by Kate Chopin holds the baptism of Edna Pontellier. Edna has not just become a followe r of Christ. She only if went for a swim off the coast of reverend Isle (chapter 10).After the thrill of learning to swim and roughly drowning when she swims out too far, Edna begins to feel dissatisfied with her present life. She does not love her husband but Robert. She realizes she wants exemption from her husband (chapter 14). She is born into new understanding of her own life. Edna no longer cares to please her husband. She wants to please herself. She at last drowns herself in the same waters that began her new vision of her life (chapter 39). Her baptism began not a revelation of perfection but a revelation of herself. Geography in like manner plays a strong role in the compliance of a book.In The Night Thoreau Spent in chuck out by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, Thoreau realizes that a truly learning look must not be put in a closed space and teaches in easy fields (act 1). Thoreau refuses to believe God is in a church and refuses to go into the community churc h (act 1). Thoreau is frequently among nature as opposed to being inside of an enclosed building. However, Thoreau realizes he can still be mentally free if he remains in jail rather than paying taxes to a political science he does not support (act 1). The use of open land which Thoreau is around so often shows he believes in an open sort of life.He preaches an open reason and thrives on open fields. The use of geography understandably conforms to chapter nineteen of How to Read Literature Like a Professor, entitled â€Å"Geography Matters…” (Foster, pg. 163). â€Å"… And Rarely Just sickness” is the title of chapter twenty-four of How to Read Literature Like a Professor (Foster, pg. 213). Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte uses a dig and subsequent cachexia away to depict the out-and-out(a) pride and hatefulness of Mrs. Reed who never cared for her niece, Jane Eyre, as she promised her husband she would do (chapter 21). Mrs.Reed always wished Jane Eyre had died with fever at Lowood (chapter 21). She disliked Jane intensely and could not love her even on her death bed (chapter 21). Although Mrs. Reed knows she is end she refuses to love Jane Eyre which had been Jane’s favorite wish for their human relationship (chapter 21). The disease shows the wretchedness of Mrs. Reed for not pleasant her own kin. The disease signifies the way Mrs. Reed had been wasting away in mind and spirit in the lead she was attacked with the stroke. It was not simply sickness of the body which struck Mrs. Reed.How to Read Literature Like a Professor has assisted me with learning more about novels I have already read. In the future I am sure I will be able to apply both the chapters I have selected above and others. The selection of which chapter to use was difficult for each book. The finer details in the novels are now easier to comprehend and relate to the rest of every novel. immediately when I read about heart disease, a blind man or even sex I shall know that there is a more meaningful reason that each of these events have unfolded than simply to create an entertaining story.\r\n'