false 4 0 false false Wed Jan 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 29 05:54:45 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 21 13:52:39 -0800 2009 In this book we learn to recognize the sameness and differences of all of literature and that the interpretation that I make of a story is based on MY experiences, what I have read and seen, combined with the experiences of the author. Basic symbolism is explained of such things as food, water, flight, Christ, weather, geography, etc with lots of examples. The patterns are given to interpret what the writer MAY have meant and the idea is that eventually these codes will become second nature. The trick is realizing that all or any of this may or may not matter in anything that you read. If you loved literature classes you will probably enjoy this book. As a Literature Major, I found a lot of the book pretty basic, but a lot of it was fun to rediscover, and I did learn quite a bit as well.
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